Removing Plants from an Area, as We Do When We

question 25

Multiple Choice

Removing plants from an area, as we do when we harvest crops, removes a great deal of nitrogen. One of the ways farmers enable soils to naturally recover nitrogen content is:

• A)adding industrially produced fertilizer.
• B)planting the field with legumes.
• C)adding bacteria to the soil.
• D)leaving the soil bare and removing any plants that would consume nitrogen.

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Definitions:

Discriminative Operant

A discriminative operant is a behavior influenced by the presence of a specific stimulus, indicating that reinforcement or punishment is available, thus guiding the organism's responses.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus that signals the availability or unavailability of reinforcement or punishment

Generalization Gradients

A depiction of the gradual decrease in the conditioned response as the conditioned stimulus becomes more dissimilar to the original conditioned stimulus.

Variety of Stimuli

A range of external factors or inputs that can provoke different sensory, cognitive, or emotional responses.