Lloyd Was Shocked When She Learned of Julia's Drinking

question 6

Multiple Choice

Lloyd was shocked when she learned of Julia's drinking. While she knew that Julia drank on occasion, she never expected that her 16-year-old daughter was drinking on a daily basis. What is unique about this scenario?

• A) Mrs. Lloyd was aware that her daughter drank.
• B) Most parents overestimate their children's drug and alcohol use.
• C) While teenaged boys are likely to drink, teenaged girls rarely do.
• D) Nothing.

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Definitions:

Metaphase II

A stage of meiosis II where sister chromatids, now individual chromosomes, line up at the metaphase plate, preparing for segregation into daughter cells.

External Signal

A factor outside a cell or organism that triggers a response inside the cell or organism.

Equatorial Plane

An imaginary plane perpendicular to the spindle fibers of a dividing cell, about halfway between the poles, defining the future division line between two daughter cells.

S Phase

The phase of the cell cycle during which DNA is replicated, preparing the cell for division.