You Have Been Hired by a Rapidly Growing Small City

question 33

Multiple Choice

You have been hired by a rapidly growing small city to improve the air quality,which has deteriorated in the past 10 years.What would be a logical action to take?

• A)improve transportation options,including carpool lanes,buses,and light rail
• B)try to negotiate with the large city downwind whose factories produce large amounts of pollution
• C)move or close the cattle feedlots located along the nearby river
• D)decrease the amount of CFCs used locally
• E)remove the hydroelectric dam on the nearby river

Recognize the purpose and methodology of field experiments.

Identify the importance of naturalistic observation in collecting unbiased data.

Understand the criteria for drawing cause-and-effect conclusions from experimental data.

Understanding categorization of variables within experiments (independent and dependent variables).

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Definitions:

Putative Neurotransmitter

A substance suspected to serve as a neurotransmitter in the brain or nervous system but not yet conclusively proven.

Conditions

Circumstances or factors that affect the outcome of a situation, experiment, or process.

Amine Subtype

Refers to the classification of chemicals or receptors in the brain based on their ability to interact with specific types of amine neurotransmitters.

Small-molecule Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances used by neurons to communicate with each other across synapses, including amino acids, monoamines, and acetylcholine.