Which of the Following Factors Accurately Represents the Circumstances Regarding

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors accurately represents the circumstances regarding women and HIV/AIDS?

• A)Women frequently consider themselves at risk
• B)Most research on the spread of AIDS has highlighted the disease in women.
• C)Women accounted for 50 percent of new AIDS cases in 2003.
• D)The age of highest risk of infection for women is their late teens.

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Definitions:

Concentration Gradient

The process of particles, which are sometimes called solutes, moving through a solution or gas from an area with a higher number of particles to an area with a lower number of particles.

Plasmolysis

A process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, causing the cell membrane to detach from the cell wall, typically observed in plants.

Pinocytosis

Cell drinking; a type of endocytosis by which cells engulf and absorb droplets of liquids. Compare with phagocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Net Water Movement

The overall transfer of water from one location to another, often across a membrane, driven by osmosis, filtration, or other forces.