Cognition Is Both an Active and Useful Process

question 153

True/False

Cognition is both an active and useful process.

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Definitions:

Organic Polymers

Large molecules composed of repeated subunits (monomers) that are typically carbon-based, like proteins, nucleic acids, and plastics.

Silt

Fine particles of rock and soil that are smaller than sand and larger than clay, often found on riverbeds and fertile agricultural lands.

Sand

Fine particles of rock and mineral matter, typically found on beaches, deserts, and riverbeds.

Paleozoic Era

That part of geologic time extending from roughly 541 million to 252 million years ago; divided into six periods: Cambrian (appearance of many new animal groups, the Cambrian radiation or Cambrian explosion); Ordovician (diversification of sea life); Silurian (appearance of jawed fishes, terrestrial plants, and air-breathing animals); Devonian (appearance of sharks and bony fishes); Carboniferous (great.