A Baby Is Considered Small-For-Gestational-Age Based on Which Characteristics

question 19

Multiple Choice

A baby is considered small-for-gestational-age based on which characteristics?

• A)The baby was born 40 weeks after conception.
• B)The baby weighs less than 4,500 grams.
• C)The baby weighs 90 percent or less of the average weight of other infants the same gestational age.
• D)The baby weighs less than 1,250 grams.

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Definitions:

Breeders

Individuals within a population that are actively involved in reproducing and passing on their genes to the next generation.

Direct Benefits

Immediate advantages gained by individuals from engaging in certain behaviors, such as increased survival or reproductive success.

Secondary Helpers

Individuals that assist in the care and raising of offspring that are not their own, typically observed in social animal species.

Breeders

Individuals within a population that are of reproductive age and actively participate in mating and producing offspring.