Which of the following is an advantage of having a resting ...

[abern]

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

[daiying98]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a

[abern]

TYSM

[lcapri7]

Excellent