About 40 years ago, what did researchers discover when they studied people who engaged in anaerobic exercise? a. they were mostly over the age of 50. b. they had worse cardiovascular system health than aerobic exercisers. c. they tended to be fitter and leaner. d. they had bulging muscles.

How does alcoholics anonymous people deal with alcoholism? a. it holds meetings where alcoholics and their family members can gather and discuss how alcoholism affects their lives. b. it encourages alcoholics to commit themselves to sobriety by sharing their past experiences and future goals, c. it focuses on alcoholism as a physical disease, instead of a mental problem that can be cured with the right treatment.

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

Why is sustainable agriculture so important?