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-law of specific nerve energies
A)All kinds of forces in the universe are potentially interchangeable forms of a sin-gle huge but quantitatively fixed reservoir of energy.
B)All living organisms possess a nonphysical "life force" essential for life and not open to scientific analysis.
C)All physiological process may be understood in terms of physical and chemical principles.
D)Each sensory nerve in the body only carries one kind of sensation.

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The law of specific nerve energies states that each sensory nerve in the body only carries one kind of sensation.

Answer: A 
 This sounds like the principle of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

Answer: B 
 This sounds like the concept of vitalism, which is the notion that living things are fundamentally different from nonliving things, and that they possess a nonphysical or spiritual "life force" that cannot be explained by natural laws. This idea has been largely discredited by scientific research.

Answer: C 
 This sounds like the principle of materialism, which holds that all phenomena in the universe, including biological phenomena, can ultimately be explained by physical and chemical principles.

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