Identify a True Statement About Climate Change and Public Opinion

question 7

Multiple Choice

Identify a true statement about climate change and public opinion.

• A) There exists a gulf between the scientific and the U.S. public understanding of climate change.
• B) Opinions about climate change are not affected by the availability heuristic of an individual.
• C) Resistance to understanding climate change is easily overcome by motivated reasoning.
• D) Intuitive judgements, vivid and recent experiences have no influence on the opinions formed about climate change.

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Definitions:

Glycolysis

The metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate, generating energy in the form of ATP and NADH, occurring in the cytoplasm of the cell.

Chemiosmosis

The movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane, down their electrochemical gradient, which is used to generate ATP in cellular respiration and photosynthesis.

Aerobic Bacteria

Bacteria that require oxygen for their growth and survival, using it to produce energy through cellular respiration.

ATP Production

The process by which cells generate adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that stores and transports chemical energy within cells.