In What Way Are Single-Celled Slime Mold Amoebas and Individual

question 45

Multiple Choice

In what way are single-celled slime mold amoebas and individual honeybees (social insects that live in colonies) alike?

• A) Signals cause them to aggregate, but they usually live alone.
• B) They are both examples of loss of complexity.
• C) They are both examples of why group living is disadvantageous.
• D) Some individuals give up independent replication in the larger group.

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Definitions:

Automatic Stabilizers

Economic policies and programs, such as unemployment insurance and taxation, that automatically help stabilize an economy by increasing or decreasing with the economic cycle.

Annually Budgeted

Annually budgeted refers to the process of allocating financial resources and planning expenditures for a year ahead.

Expansionary Gap

A situation where the actual economic output exceeds the potential output significantly, often leading to inflation.

Cyclically Balanced

A term that might not be widely recognized in standard economic literature; if intended to mean maintaining balance over economic cycles, it could refer to the aim of achieving economic stability across different phases of economic cycles.