Modern Parents Have Increased Time Caring for Their Children AND Increased

question 8

Multiple Choice

Modern parents have increased time caring for their children AND increased their employment hours by doing all of the following EXCEPT

• A) cutting back on housework.
• B) spending less time on themselves.
• C) putting their children in day care.
• D) seeing their friends less often.

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Definitions:

Cenozoic

The current geological era, beginning 66 million years ago and marked by significant evolutionary developments.

Punctuated Equilibrium

A hypothesis that new organisms or new characteristics of an existing organism appear rather suddenly in geologic terms instead of evolving gradually.

Fossil Record

The totality of fossilized plants and animals found in the earth's crust, providing evidence of past life forms.

Evolution

The observed changes in the fossil record or in living organisms; also used to refer to theories that help explain the observed changes.