A Car Controlled by a Computerized Navigational Guidance System Is

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Multiple Choice

A car controlled by a computerized navigational guidance system is likely to respond more rapidly to sudden obstructions in its path than a car controlled by a human driver.This is primarily due to the fact that

• A) a neuron's reaction is an all-or-none response.
• B) an axon branches into junctions with many other neurons.
• C) the fatty tissue layer that insulates axons slows the transmission of neural impulses.
• D) the speed of neural impulses is much slower than the speed of electricity through a wire.

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Plants

Multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that typically produce their own food through photosynthesis and have cell walls made of cellulose.

Fish

Aquatic, gill-bearing organisms that lack limbs with digits, comprising a large and diverse group of vertebrates inhabiting both fresh and saltwater environments.

Birds

Warm-blooded, feathered vertebrates that lay eggs and have wings, belonging to the class Aves.

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