7. application: have you ever had a cut before and wondered why it stops bleeding? it is actually a very complex process
that includes platelets, which make up a component of your blood. platelets are involved in the blood clot. as
platelets begin to assist in clotting, more and more platelets are activated by complex signaling. this continues until a clot
can be formed. is this signaling scenario best describing positive or negative feedback? why

When there is a cut, and platelets are coming, its positive feedback. But when the clot is formed and increased platelets concentration at the site create a negative feedback to stop sending more platelets for clot formation.

it's negative feedback mechanism

Explanation: because negative feedback is about to maintain normal condition of the body

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.

the real answer is b. scintillation counter