The Term Troubling Conditions Is Used When Describing the Situations

question 22

Multiple Choice

The term troubling conditions is used when describing the situations people make claims about in order to draw our attention to the fact that

• A)we often notice problems for the first time while they are still small and manageable.
• B)claimsmaking is about people pointing out things that trouble them rather than making a purely objective assessment of problematic conditions.
• C)problems are often blown out of proportion once people begin to make claims about them.
• D)what troubles some people may not turn out to be a real social problem.

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Definitions:

Chemiosmosis

The movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane, down their concentration gradient, which is used to generate ATP in cells.

Membrane

A selective barrier that encloses the cell or organelles within a cell, controlling the movement of substances in and out.

Mitochondria

Organelles responsible for generating most of the cell's supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), playing a key role in energy metabolism.

Gradient Formation

The process by which a concentration gradient of a particular molecule or ion is established, often across a biological membrane.