There Is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) Named Washington (After

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Multiple Choice

There is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) named Washington (after George Washington) that was believed to be the second largest tree in the world (253.7 ft. in height!) until it was struck by lightning in 2003. The lightning strike caused a fire at the top of the tree that reduced Washington's height to about 229 feet. Carbon released from the tree due to that fire could have:

• A)been incorporated into the wood of a nearby sequoia through the process of photosynthesis.
• B)been incorporated into the wood of a nearby sequoia through the process of cellular respiration.
• C)been incorporated into the cells of a human through the process of cellular respiration.
• D)traveled through the atmosphere and eventually dissolved into the ocean.

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Definitions:

Priming

A process in psychology where exposure to one stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance.

Semantic Symbols

Signs or objects that represent something else based on convention, association, or resemblance with shared meaning within a cultural or social group.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Recency Effect

The tendency to recall the last items in a sequence more readily than those in the middle.