Refer to IT's About Business 12

question 81

Multiple Choice

Refer to IT's About Business 12.2 - Can We Predict the Weather?: Climate Corporation's use of Earth Risk analytics has the following implications for farmers:

• A) Farmers know if their crops will fail before hand
• B) Farmers are required to purchase federal insurance
• C) Farmers are issued claim payments much faster
• D) Farmers have to pay lower insurance

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Definitions:

Posterior Spinothalamic Tracts

Pathways in the spinal cord that transmit sensory information related to temperature and pain from the body to the thalamus in the brain.

Anterior Spinothalamic Tracts

Pathways in the spinal cord that transmit sensory information related to touch and pressure to the brain.

Gate Theory

A theory that suggests the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that either blocks pain signals or allows them to proceed to the brain.

Pain Gate

Hypothetical neural circuit in which activity in fine-touch and pressure pathways diminishes the activity in pain and temperature pathways.