As the Rain Forest Is Cleared, the Amount of ________

question 106

Multiple Choice

As the rain forest is cleared, the amount of ________ available for organisms to live in is decreased, and this reduces the populations of plants and animals living there-thereby affecting plant and animal ________.

• A) habitat; communities
• B) communities; habitat
• C) niches; communities
• D) communities; habitats

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Definitions:

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Repolarize

The process of restoring a cell's membrane potential to its resting negative state after depolarization.

Resting Potential

The electrical charge of a neuron when it is not active, representing a state of readiness for activation.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and fall in electrical charge across a neuronal membrane, fundamental for nerve impulse transmission.