If You Applied a Fungicide to a Cornfield, What Would

question 65

Multiple Choice

If you applied a fungicide to a cornfield, what would you expect to happen to the rate of decomposition and net ecosystem production (NEP) ?

• A) Both decomposition rate and NEP would decrease.
• B) Both decomposition rate and NEP would increase.
• C) Neither would change.
• D) Decomposition rate would increase and NEP would decrease.
• E) Decomposition rate would decrease and NEP would increase.

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Foreign Direct Investment

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Net Capital Outflow

The difference between the domestic purchase of foreign assets and the foreign purchase of domestic assets over a given period, reflecting the flow of capital from and into a country.

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