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supply and demand shifters

12 questions

9th - 12th Grade

Social Studies

Supply and Demand Shifters is a Grade 9–12 social studies economics worksheet with 12 multiple-choice questions. It helps students apply the laws of demand and supply by identifying how price changes affect quantity demanded or quantity supplied, and by recognizing substitute goods and complementary relationships. Students also analyze factors that shift curves, including productivity, input costs, changes in the number of buyers, expectations about future availability, and prices of related goods. Several questions ask students to interpret market diagrams and identify an increase in demand, a supply shift, a surplus, or no shift in supply. This free printable worksheet includes an answer key for efficient review, independent practice, or assessment.

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supply and demand shifters

Total questions: 12

Name
Class
Date
1.

If the price of printers goes down, what happens in the market for ink cartridges?

a)

Supply increases.

b)

Supply decreases.

c)

Demand increases.

d)

Demand decreases

2.

Generally speaking, the lower the price, the greater the quantity demand.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

For the law of demand, as price rises, what happens to quantity demanded?

a)

it goes up

b)

it goes down

c)

it stays the same

d)

it is not effected

4.

For the law of supply, as price rises, what happens to quantity supplied?

a)

it goes up

b)

it goes down

c)

it stays the same

d)

it is not effected

5.

What are Substitute Goods?

a)

Items that people tend to buy more of when their incomes increase. This is true of most goods and services.

b)

Items that people purchase more of when their incomes decrease. These items tend to be low-cost options for saving money.

c)

Items that may replace each other when used or consumed.

d)

Items that are almost always consumed or used together.

6.

New robot technology increases productivity of car producers. What happens to market for cars?

a)

Supply shifts left

b)

Supply shifts right

c)

No change in supply

7.

Price of cars increase. What happens to market for cars?

a)

Supply shifts left

b)

Supply shifts right

c)

No change in supply

8.

Cost of steel increases. What happens to market for cars?

a)

Supply shifts left

b)

Supply shifts right

c)

No change in supply

9.

The diagram represents a

a)

increase in demand

b)

decrease in demand

c)

change in quantity demand

d)

none of the above

10.
Thousands of people leave a small town due to a factory closing down.  Sales at the local grocery store become slow. What causes this change?
a)
Prices or availability of substitutes
b)
Prices or availability of complementary goods
c)
Change in the weather or season
d)
Change in the number of buyers
11.

Which of the following is likely to increase the demand for peanut butter?

a)

Fewer children in the population

b)

News that insects have destroyed much of the peanut crop and that there will be less peanut butter on the shelves in three months.

c)

A big increase in the price of jelly.

d)

A report from the Surgeon General of the United States that eating peanut butter makes people nutty.

12.

What does the red solid line on the graph show?

a)

Shortage

b)

Surplus

c)

Supply Table

d)

Equilibrium

Answer Key

supply and demand shifters

Total questions: 12

1.
c)

Demand increases.

2.
a)

True

3.
b)

it goes down

4.
a)

it goes up

5.
c)

Items that may replace each other when used or consumed.

6.
b)

Supply shifts right

7.
c)

No change in supply

8.
a)

Supply shifts left

9.
a)

increase in demand

10.
d) Change in the number of buyers
11.
b)

News that insects have destroyed much of the peanut crop and that there will be less peanut butter on the shelves in three months.

12.
b)

Surplus

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What does the Supply and Demand Shifters worksheet cover?

This 12-question multiple-choice worksheet focuses on applying the laws of supply and demand and distinguishing a change in quantity from a shift in a curve. Students analyze related goods, productivity, input costs, buyer numbers, future availability, market diagrams, and outcomes such as an increase in demand or a surplus.

How can I use this worksheet to teach supply and demand shifters?

Introduce the law of demand and the law of supply first, then have students explain whether each scenario changes quantity along a curve or shifts the curve itself. Use the printer-and-ink, car-production, steel-cost, grocery-store, and peanut-butter scenarios as discussion prompts before students complete the multiple-choice questions and justify their choices.

What mistakes should I watch for when students complete this worksheet?

Students may confuse a price change with a supply or demand shift: the worksheet treats a car-price increase as no change in supply, while higher steel costs shift car supply left. They may also reverse substitute and complementary goods, overlook that fewer buyers reduce demand, or misread the market diagrams by confusing a surplus with equilibrium.

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On Wayground, assign the worksheet as a printable PDF or as a digital quiz. It includes a complete answer key, and printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app. The PDF option also supports classes that are reducing screen time.

How does this worksheet help students distinguish a curve shift from a change in quantity?

The worksheet places price-response questions alongside scenario-based shift questions so students must identify the cause of the market change. For example, rising prices change quantity supplied or demanded, while robot technology, steel costs, buyer numbers, and expectations about peanut-butter availability shift supply or demand.

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