Brad Placed a Drop of Blood in Some Distilled Water

question 42

Multiple Choice

Brad placed a drop of blood in some distilled water.What happened in the red blood cells?

• A) The cells shrunk.
• B) The cells burst.
• C) The cells did not change.
• D) The cells divided into two identical cells.
• E) The cellular metabolism increased in rate.

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Definitions:

Detection

The act or process of discovering or identifying the presence of a specific substance, condition, or characteristic.

Activation

In psychology, the process of stimulating an action or response by using a stimulus, often related to the arousal of some physiological or psychological activity.

Sensory Adaptation

The method through which sensory receptors decrease in sensitivity to unchanging stimuli as time progresses.

Synaesthesia

A perceptual condition in which stimulation of one sensory pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory pathway.