Classification Is Necessary to ______

question 14

Multiple Choice

Classification is necessary to ______.

• A)establish criteria for identifying organisms
• B)arrange related organisms into groups
• C)provide information on how organisms evolved
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Habituation

The decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure, leading to less attention or reaction to that stimulus over time.

Ingestional Neophobia

The avoidance of novel foods.

Dishabituation

The recovery of a habituated response as the result of the presentation of a sensitizing stimulus

Sensitization

An increased reaction to a stimulus following repeated exposure, particularly to something intense or adverse.