A Niche Can Be Thought of as Being

question 15

Multiple Choice

A niche can be thought of as being:

• A) The same thing as a habitat
• B) A summary of what an organism can tolerate
• C) A summary of what an organism requires
• D) A modern concept, proposed by Hutchison in 1957
• E) An n-dimensional hypervolume

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Definitions:

Demand Schedule

A demand schedule is a table that shows the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing to purchase at various price points.

Slope

The measure of steepness or incline, typically describing the change in the vertical over the change in the horizontal.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to changes in its price, indicating the sensitivity of consumers to price changes.

Cable Subscribers

Consumers who pay for access to cable television services.