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Directions: Choose the best answer. Each question is worth 1 point. What is the term for the application of the science of nutrition to promote optimal health and treat illness?

Give meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes.hyper-: __________

Give meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes.megaly: __________

Directions: Choose the best answer. Each question is worth 1 point. All of the following are examples of monosaccharides EXCEPT:

Which of abnormal movements can be seen during the course of Huntington’s disease?

Geneticists investigating a gene that controls a serotonin transporter protein that controls serotonin reuptake analyzed the 5-HTT genes of 847 people, determining two types: a ‘short’ and a ‘long’ allele. Each participant had been given a questionnaire which asked the individual to list any highly stressful life events experienced between the ages of 21 and 25. The figure shows the results for individuals with two long, two short, and one long gene and one short gene. What relationship did the data show between genetics and major depression episodes for individuals possessing two short alleles of the 5-HTT gene?

Explain the ‘shape’ of the Clarksville, TN, population pyramid. 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is famous because:

At its peak, the nuclear family of the 1950’s with men working outside of the homes and women in white-picket fenced houses was only a reality for how many U.S. households?

According to the demographic transition theory model, there is a ballooning in humans as birth rates continue to be high but humans, thanks to technological and scientific advancement, began to live longer. This ballooning period is: