Sickle-cell anemia is caused by
a. white blood cells that take on the shape of a sickle and clump together.
b. red blood cells that expand the blood vessels and increase the oxygen supply.
c. a recessive gene.
d. a slow destruction of the liver leading to jaundice and swollen joints.
c
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A. microsystem B. mesosystem C. macrosystem D. chronosystem
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vary from those with the L allele, individually and within societal context? What will be an ideal response?
In an inverse relationship as one variable gets larger the other variable gets smaller
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Interested in recreating one of Piaget's famous _____________ tasks to see how her 5-year-old daughter would respond, Jen presented her daughter with two identical glasses holding equal amounts of water
Jen then poured water from one of the two glasses into a taller, thinner glass. When Jen asked her daughter if one glass now contained more water than the other, she replied the way most 5-year-olds would and said the taller glass contained more. animism || egocentrism || centration || conservation || || ||