Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)Older adults generally have fewer taste buds than children.
• B)The gallbladder makes bile and stores the compound in the liver.
• C)Foods that taste bitter are generally good energy sources because of their high carbohydrate contents.
• D)Segmentation enables chyme to move through the esophagus.

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Definitions:

Cleavage Planes

Natural planes of weakness along which minerals preferentially break, reflecting their crystallographic structure.

Asbestos

A general name for the fibrous varieties of a number of silicate minerals whose common characteristic is that they tend to form fibers.

Silicate Structure

The arrangement of silicon and oxygen atoms that forms the backbone of most minerals in the Earth's crust.

Silicon Tetrahedron

The fundamental building block of silicate minerals, consisting of a silicon atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral shape.