If You Wanted to Help Your Students Learn Something by Using

question 63

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to help your students learn something by using a mnemonic device, which one of the following sentences would you use?

• A)"Area equals length times width" is the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle.
• B)"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the Golden Rule.
• C)"My very energetic mother just slugged Uncle Norton" tells us the eight planets in the solar system.
• D)"Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Adams" are the first six presidents of the United States.

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Definitions:

Rigor Mortis

Increased rigidity of muscle after death due to cross-bridge formation between actin and myosin as calcium ions leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Cross-Bridges

The connections formed between actin and myosin filaments in the muscle fiber during contraction.

Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

A specialized type of smooth endoplasmic reticulum found in muscle cells, involved in the regulation of calcium ions.

Anaerobic Respiration

A form of respiration that occurs without oxygen, converting glucose into energy through processes like fermentation, producing less energy than aerobic respiration.