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Item CE136001: Nerve cells obtain energy from food and make molecules for growth.
A specialized function of living nerve cells is to transmit electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body. Which of the following is TRUE of nerve cells?
- Nerve cells obtain energy from food, and they make molecules for growth.
- Nerve cells obtain energy from food, but they do not make molecules for growth.
- Nerve cells make molecules for growth, but they do not obtain energy from food.
- Nerve cells do not make molecules for growth, and they do not obtain energy from food.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1578 |
6–8 n = 1016 |
9–12 n = 561 |
Male n = 787 |
Female n = 770 |
English n = 1422 |
Other n = 125 |
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| A. | 33% | 35% | 30% | 33% | 34% | 33% | 30% |
| B. | 28% | 27% | 30% | 29% | 27% | 28% | 33% |
| C. | 22% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 25% |
| D. | 17% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 12% |