Marie is experiencing the: Sympathomimetic effects (fight-or-flight state).
The sympathetic nervous system is a component of the autonomic nervous system, managing the activity of visceral organs and the automatic functions of the body, such as breathing or beating of the heart. The sympathetic nervous system is involved in many unconscious physiological activities through two neuromodulators of the catecholamine family: adrenaline, but especially norepinephrine (fight-or-flight hormones).
* It accelerates the metabolism and is activated for example in case of danger or fear, to prepare the individual to escape.
* It affects the cardiovascular system: it increases the heart rate and induces peripheral vasoconstriction, causing an increase in blood pressure.
* At the digestive level, it slows the muscular contractions of the intestines but promotes the release of glucose by the liver.
* It also has a bronchodilator effect, that is to say, it causes the increase of the diameter of the bronchi.
Mechanical energy to chemical energy, i believe
Harmful because they change how the genes are supposed to form and they can give disorders at times.
The natural selection among peppered moths of Manchester, England can be mainly attributed to to the abruptly increasing levels of Air Pollution in England as a result of thriving Industrial Revolution In the U.K.
Soot from power producing factories, etc resulted in complete eradication of lichens in the flora of the surrounding region.
The frequency of the newly evolved peppered moth increased as the dark colour was beneficial in a polluted environment like in Manchester.