Scarcity and Factors of Production

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What is the study of economics primarily concerned with?

Making choices with limited resources

In economics, what is considered a need?

Food and medical care

What forces individuals, businesses, and governments to make choices?

Scarcity of resources

What are physical objects that someone produces to satisfy needs and wants?

Goods

What is the primary problem addressed in the text?

Making choices with limited funds

Which of the following is an example of a want?

Video games

What term is used to describe the fact that limited amounts of goods and services are available to meet unlimited wants?

Scarcity

Which of the following is an example of a natural resource used to produce goods and services?

Oil

What type of capital refers to the knowledge and skills acquired through education and experience?

Human capital

Who is a person or group of people who identify, bring together, and utilize the factors of production to satisfy consumers' needs and wants?

Entrepreneurs

Which factor of production is related to the effort people devote to tasks for which they are paid?

Labor

What occurs when consumers want more of a good or service than producers are willing to make available at a particular price?

Shortage

What refers to any human-made resource used to produce other goods and services?

Physical capital

'Medical care and haircuts' are examples of which economic concept?

Goods and services

What is the primary problem addressed in the text?

Scarcity

Which type of resources are used to provide services like medical care and classroom instruction?

Natural resources

What do economists use the term 'land' to refer to?

Physical resources

What factor of production involves the effort people devote to tasks for which they are paid?

Labor

Explore the concept of scarcity and its impact on decision making in the allocation of resources. Understand how limited resources lead to choices and trade-offs in various scenarios.

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