What Are Spicules

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Multiple Choice

What are spicules?

• A) small but rapidly erupting gas jets in the atmosphere of the Sun
• B) gas streams in binary star systems, where a neutron star is pulling material from its companion star
• C) streams of gas in interstellar clouds, heated by hot, massive stars
• D) filamentary networks of hot gas in supernova remnants

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Definitions:

Habituation

A psychological learning process wherein there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposures, signifying an adaptation or getting used to the stimulus.

Sensitization

An increased reaction to a stimulus following repeated exposures to it.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where a connection is made between a stimulus in the environment and one that occurs naturally, resulting in a conditioned response.

Stimuli

Physical or chemical changes in the external or internal environment that evoke a response from a living organism.