When You Entered the Room,there Was a Faint Smell of Smoke,but

question 43

Multiple Choice

When you entered the room,there was a faint smell of smoke,but after about an hour,you no longer noticed the smell.What happened?

• A) sensory reception
• B) sensory adaptation
• C) mechanoreception
• D) nociception
• E) thermoreception

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Definitions:

Altruism

Behavior of an individual that benefits another at its own cost; in biology, it is often discussed in the context of evolutionary theory and social animals.

Prisoner's Dilemma

A fundamental problem in game theory showing why two individuals might not cooperate, even if it is in both their best interests to do so.

Slave-making Ants

Ant species that invade the colonies of other ants, capturing and forcing the captured ants to work for them.

Defection

The act of deserting a party, cause, or alliance, especially in a political or military context.