A Student Comments to His Roommate That the Only Way

question 156

Multiple Choice

A student comments to his roommate that the only way he will be able to pass his final exams is to not sleep for the next three days.This statement suggests that

• A)students are more concerned about good grades than good health.
• B)society should value sleep more highly than good grades.
• C)there is a trade-off between studying and sleep.
• D)society should value good grades more highly than sleep because students can catch up on their sleep once final exams are over.

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Definitions:

Visual Acuity

The clarity or sharpness of vision, often measured as the ability to discern letters or numbers at a given distance.

Wavelength

The distance between corresponding points of two consecutive waves, commonly associated with the characteristics of waves in physics, such as light and sound.

Axons

Long, threadlike structures of neurons that carry nerve impulses away from the cell body.

Dendrites

Branched extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons and transmit them toward the cell body.