On a hot summer day, five children decide to fill up Brock's kiddie pool. Yesterday, Brock's father ran over the hose with the lawnmower, so the hose is not working. The children decide to create a bucket line from the faucet to the pool. The first child passes the full bucket to the second child, the second to the third, and so on until the last child empties the bucket into the pool and tosses the bucket back to the first child. If we compare the children's bucket line to a SINGLE neuron, we can say that the water, which is passed from child to child until it reaches the pool, is like the __________________, or nerve impulse, which is passed through the axon.
A)resting potential
B)myelin sheath
C)vesicle
D)ionic pulse
E)action potential

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The water being passed from child to child until it reaches the pool is analogous to the action potential, or nerve impulse, that is passed through the axon in a neuron. The action potential is the process of electrical signaling that travels along the neuron's axon to transmit information.

On a Hot Summer Day, Five Children Decide to Fill