In an Average Ecosystem, About How Much Energy Is Present

question 14

Multiple Choice

In an average ecosystem, about how much energy is present in the organisms at a given trophic level compared to the organisms at the next higher trophic level?

• A) a tenth as much
• B) half as much
• C) twice as much
• D) ten times as much

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Definitions:

Marginal Costs

The additional financial burden of creating one more unit of a product or service.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating its responsiveness to price changes.

Supply Curve

A visual diagram that illustrates the connection between a product's price and the amount of the product that sellers are ready and able to offer.

Pure Monopolist

A market structure in which a single firm has complete control over the entire market for a product or service, with no close substitutes.