The Term That Is Used to Refer to the Transmission

question 10

Multiple Choice

The term that is used to refer to the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring through genes is

• A)genetics
• B)genealogy
• C)geriatrics
• D)pediatrics
• E)heredity

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Definitions:

Fordlandia

A failed industrial town and rubber plantation established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian Amazon during the 1920s, intended to secure a rubber supply for Ford Motor Company.

Fundamentalism

Anti-modernist Protestant movement started in the early twentieth century that proclaimed the literal truth of the Bible; the name came from The Fundamentals, published by conservative leaders.

Scopes Trial

A landmark American legal case in 1925 that debated the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.

Freedom

The condition or right of being able to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.