Video: Fossil: Definition, Types, Characteristics & Examples. Fossils provide scientists with many clues about Earth's history, offering evidence of dinosaurs and strange plants that existed in the past. This lesson will define a fossil, look at different types and characteristics of fossils, and then describe how fossils are formed.
The final result of the dot product process can be: 1  Zero: we don't have any growth in the original direction. 2  Positive number: we have some growth in the original direction. 3  Negative number: we have negative (reverse) growth in the original direction.
A mathematical connection between average product and marginal product stating that the change in the average product depends on a comparison between the average product and marginal product. If marginal product is less than average product, then average product declines. If the productivity of the marginal worker is equal to the average productivity of the existing workers, then the average does not change. 2  Marginal Less Than Average: Once the marginal product curve moves below the average product curve, then the average product curve declines.