If a Person Practices a Difficult New Motor Task Before

question 97

Multiple Choice

If a person practices a difficult new motor task before going to sleep

• A) the brain areas that were active during the learning of the task become active during sleep.
• B) memory of that task will decline as time passes overnight.
• C) the person will have less REM sleep that night.
• D) the person will dream about that task.

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Definitions:

Food Chain

A sequence of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food, illustrating the flow of energy and nutrients from one organism to another.

Kilocalories

A unit of energy measurement in food, commonly called a calorie, equal to 1,000 real calories or the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C.

Terrestrial Ecosystems

Ecosystems found on land as opposed to aquatic environments, characterized by the organisms that inhabit them and the environment they live in.

Aquifers

Underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock or materials through which groundwater can move and be stored.