Which Is an Example of Sensory Adaptation

question 189

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of sensory adaptation?

• A) identifying when a dim light has been turned on in a pitch-black room
• B) differentiating between a greenish-blue and a bluish-green paint
• C) feeling the softness of a shirt when you put it on but not noticing it by lunchtime
• D) understanding that the car you're in is moving, not the houses that you're passing

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Definitions:

Hemoglobin

A protein in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and organs.

Bound

Confined, secured, or held within certain limits or under a specific constraint.

Clotting Process

The series of steps that the body undertakes to stop bleeding, involving the aggregation of platelets and the formation of fibrin strands that trap blood cells.

Fibrin

Threadlike protein that is formed from the soluble plasma protein fibrinogen during blood clotting.