Choose the One Most Appropriate Answer for Each

question 50

Multiple Choice

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
-cochlea

• A)relays action potentials from the ear to the brain
• B)contains the organ of Corti
• C)vibrates upon contact with sound waves
• D)elastic membrane that creates pressure waves in cochlear fluid
• E)consists of tissue containing rods and cones
• F)bone in middle ear
• G)defined by peak height and valley depth of sound waves
• H)helps maintain balance and position; detects acceleration
• I)depends on the number of wave cycles per second
• J)a substance that elicits a response in members of the same species
• K)regulates size of pupil and amount of incoming light

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Definitions:

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions for specific phenomena, typically based on limited evidence, to be tested through further investigation.

Tentative Explanations

Preliminary hypotheses or guesses made to explain a phenomenon, subject to further confirmation or refutation.

Scientifically Tested

The evaluation or investigation of a hypothesis, theory, or product through rigorous and controlled experiments to establish its validity or efficacy.

Theories

Systematically organized knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.