Answer the following questions: 8. What percentage of the U.S. population are ov

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Answer the following questions:

8. What percentage of the U.S. population are overweight?____________________

9. The various levels of insulin leads to the body storing excess sugar as fat and carbohydrates. T               F

10. In 2 sentences explain nurture vs nature. _____________________________________

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11. Heredity does not play a role in development. T       F

12. Heredity is based on genetic makeup. T         F

13. What is cross-sectional research? (2 sentences) _____________________________

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14. One cell at conception contains a specific number of chromosomes. How many? _______________________

Explanation / Answer

(8.) 39.6% of U.S population is estimated to be overweight according to the recent data of CDC.

(9.) True, various levels of insulin leads the body to store excess sugar as fat and carbohydrates but it is a myth that insulin causes obesity because insulin is responsible for storage of fatty cells but people become fat due to overeating not by insulin.

(10.) If simply put, nature is hereditory factor or genes, and nurture is environmental factors, which determine and shape human behaviour. It is a topic of debate eversince that whether people are product of their nature or nurture and both have their respective roles in individuals life.

(11.) False, heredity plays a major role in development of individuals, it predicts individuals' susceptibility to any kind of diseases and growth rate among the individuals, like acheivement of milestones in children etc.

(12.) True, heredity can be defined as pssing on traits and characteristics from parents to the offsprings and it is a part of genetic makeup of individuals.

(13.) Cross sectional resaerch refers to the study of a particular data at a particular point of time, it is a type of observational research which evaluates the specific data. Also, it involves the study of one variable that is common in different individuals who are same on other aspects or characteristics in research.

(14.) Humans have 23 pair of chromosomes i.e, 46 number of chromosomes in total and at the time of conception this number remains the same. However to be more specific, at the time of fertilization, female gamete(ova) and male gamete(spermatozoa) each has 23 number of chromosomes which after fusion add up to 46 number of chromosomes in the zygote.

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