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abern

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Which of the following is an advantage of having a resting potential?
 
  a. The toxic effects of sodium are minimized inside the cell.
 b. No energy is required to maintain it.
 c. The cell is prepared to respond quickly to a stimulus.
 d. All of the ions are maintained in equal concentrations throughout the cytoplasm.

Question 2

An advantage of maintaining a constant body temperature is that it ____.
 
  a. enables an animal to stay equally active at all environmental temperatures
  b. enables an animal to survive on a wider variety of diets
 c. minimizes the energy that must be expended on basal metabolism
 d. enables an animal to detect changes in the temperature of the environment


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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