Suppose That, at Your 60th High School Reunion, You Gather

question 161

Multiple Choice

Suppose that, at your 60th high school reunion, you gather the senior portraits and relate your classmates' facial expressions to their mortality rates. Based on the study of 230 Major League Baseball players, what would you expect to find?

• A)Facial expressions in the portraits were unrelated to mortality rates.
• B)Students with big smiles and those with half smiles lived longer than those who did not smile at all, but those with big and half smiles had similar lifespans.
• C)Students who frowned had very short lifespans while those who smiled even a little had average life spans.
• D)Students with big smiles had the longest lifespans, followed by those with partial smiles, and then by those with no smiles.

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Definitions:

Carbon Atoms

The chemical element atoms with six protons in their nuclei, serving as the basic building blocks of organic compounds.

Glycoside Linkage

A type of covalent bond that connects a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another molecule, which can be another carbohydrate or a different type of molecule.

Glycerol

A 3-carbon alcohol with a hydroxyl group on each carbon; a component of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, as well as monoacylglycerols and diacylglycerols

Monosaccharides

Simple sugars that are the most basic form of carbohydrates.