The Scopes Trial

question 25

Multiple Choice

The Scopes trial:

• A) pitted William Howard Taft, former U.S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense
• B) concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools
• C) represented victory of the fundamentalist movement in America
• D) prosecuted Klansmen for lynching
• E) brought Americans together on the subject of education

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Definitions:

Reflex Action

An automatic, involuntary response to a given stimulus that generally functions to restore homeostasis.

Motor Responses

The physiological reactions of organisms or cells to external stimuli, causing movement or action.

Sensory Signals

Electrical or chemical messages that are transmitted through the nervous system, providing information from the environment to the brain for processing.

Non-REM Sleep

The sleep stages 1 through 3, characterized by non-rapid eye movement and differing depths of sleep.