Question

7 multiple choice 0.5 points yasmeen and her girlfriend recently got into a major fight, and there was a lot of yelling and screaming before yasmeen stormed out of the house and drove away. now, 30 minutes later, she is calming down due to increased activity in her ______ nervous system. sympathetic somatic parasympathetic central 8 multiple choice 0.5 points the units of heredity, which partially determine an organisms characteristics, are called alleles. genes. telomeres. chromosomes. 9 multiple choice 0.5 points after his stroke, brian slowly recovered function in his right arm. the property of the brain that supports learning and recovery of functions lost after brain trauma and that reflects the interactive nature of biological and environmental influences is called an action potential. neurotransmission. plasticity. gray matter.

Explanation:

1. For question 7: The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the "rest and digest" response, which calms the body after a stressful event (like a fight) that activated the sympathetic nervous system.
2. For question 8: Genes are the basic units of heredity that carry the instructions for an organism's traits and characteristics.
3. For question 9: Brain plasticity (neuroplasticity) refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself, form new neural connections, and recover lost functions after injury, as well as adapt to learning and environmental changes.

Answer:

1. parasympathetic
2. genes.
3. plasticity.