In the Thinking Green Box in the Chapter, News Stories

question 21

Multiple Choice

In the Thinking Green box in the chapter, news stories reporting the benefits of keeping the carbon footprint low clearly show:

• A)that buying locally produced products is the best way to support green causes.
• B)the process used in growing food has little to do with reducing our carbon footprint.
• C)methods of transportation used can have a major effect on lowering the carbon footprint.
• D)until Americans quit relying on foreign made goods like French wine there is little we can do to reduce our carbon footprint.

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Definitions:

Visual Processing Centers

Brain regions responsible for interpreting visual information, including the primary visual cortex and associated pathways.

All-Or-None Response

A principle that states a neuron or muscle fiber responds completely or not at all to a stimulus, without intermediate levels of response.

Dendrites

Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information from other neurons.

Axon Terminals

The endpoint of an axon where neurotransmitters are stored and released to transmit signals across synapses to other neurons, muscles, or glands.