A person responds to touching a hot pan by pulling his hand away before he feels pain. Why does it take longer for him to feel pain?
What will be an ideal response?
The withdrawal reflex goes to and from the spinal cord before the message has time to get to the brain. Pain is interpreted in the brain.
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a. hydrolysis. b. dehydration synthesis. c. lytic reactions. d. recombination. e. transmutation.
The photosynthetic electron transport causes the accumulation of protons in which part of the chloroplast?
A. stroma B. internal thylakoid space C. matrix D. outer membrane
What is an example of observational learning?
A. A baby garter snake captures and eats a slug. B. A chick’s gaping mouth induces a feeding response in a parent bird. C. A European cuckoo hatchling pushes the host bird’s egg out of the nest. D. A male fruit fly waves his wings at a female fruit fly during courtship. E. A marmoset monkey mimicking another marmoset in successfully opening a container
What type of cells include central nerves, brain cells, and heart muscle cells?
a. Nondividing cells b. Mitotic cells c. Facultative mitotic cells d. Mast cells