Autonomous Consumption Is

question 124

Multiple Choice

Autonomous consumption is

• A) the change in consumption that results as a person's (or nation's)income increases or decreases.
• B) that portion of total consumption that is dependent upon the level of income.
• C) the steady increase in the consumption of goods and services that automatically occurs as a person grows from a child to an adult.
• D) that portion of total consumption that is independent of the level of income.

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Definitions:

Burial

The act of placing something under the ground, often related to interring a body or concealing an object.

Contraction

The process of becoming smaller or shorter, often in reference to the cooling and solidifying of the Earth's crust which can lead to tectonic activities.

Differential Stress

Stress applied unevenly in different directions, leading to deformation of Earth's crust.

Confining Pressure

A type of pressure applied equally in all directions on a body of rock, often affecting its physical state.