Which of the Following Is Believed to Form Part of the Current

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is believed to form part of the current atmosphere of the Earth?

• A)the remnants of the original hydrogen and helium gas from the solar nebula attracted by the protoplanet
• B)the result of the melting and vaporizing of the glaciers from the last ice age
• C)gases that were outgassed from the heated rocks sometime after the planet formed
• D)hydrogen and helium from a collision between the Sun and another star

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The theory that memory is enhanced when information available at encoding is also available at retrieval.

Interference Theory

The view that we may forget stored material because other learning interferes with it.

Serial-position Effect

A cognitive phenomenon where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

Retrospective Memory

Memory for past events, activities, and learning experiences, as shown by explicit (episodic and semantic) and implicit memories.