If a Pebble Is Tossed into a Pond, It Generates

Multiple Choice

If a pebble is tossed into a pond, it generates small ripples that decrease in size as the ripples move away from the point where the pebble struck the water. The decreasing size of the ripples as they move away from the initial splash is most like the way that signals spread ________.

A) in a graded potential
B) in an action potential
C) during hyperpolarization
D) during depolarization