What Factor Below Does Not Account for the Relative Unimportance

question 14

Multiple Choice

What factor below does not account for the relative unimportance of farming in much of the New World prior to the arrival of Europeans?

• A) An agricultural diet was not nutritionally superior.
• B) Maize was difficult to harvest and process by hand.
• C) Many groups continued to utilize hunting and gathering to supply sufficient protein.
• D) The most productive domesticates were difficult to introduce to temperate areas.
• E) New World cereal grasses required less space per plant, thus making a large extent of farming an unnecessary waste of time.

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Definitions:

Receptor Potentials

The electrical potential changes occurring in sensory neurons’ receptors in response to stimulating agents, leading to the generation of action potentials.

Sensory Adaptation

The condition in which the response to a stimulus is reduced even though the stimulus continues at the same intensity.

Membranous Labyrinth

A complex system of fluid-filled tubes and sacs found within the inner ear, crucial for balance and hearing.

Semicircular Canals

The passages in the vertebrate inner ear containing structures that control the sense of equilibrium (balance).