Could There Be a Connection Between Global Warming and the Dissemination

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Essay

Could there be a connection between global warming and the dissemination of deadly strains of avian influenza? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process by which sensory receptors and the nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.

Stimulus

Anything in the environment that elicits a response from an organism, crucial in behaviorist theories of learning and conditioning.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, which conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions from the neuron's cell body, which receive electrical messages from other nerve cells.