Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Men successfully commit suicide more than women only in the U.S. and Canada.
• B) In developed countries, suicide rates increase with age.
• C) Minorities kill themselves in the US at a much higher rate than whites.
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Asexual Reproduction

A mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, inheriting the genes of that parent only, seen in many plants and some animal species.

Vegetative Propagation

A form of asexual reproduction in plants where new individuals are formed without the production of seeds or spores.

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that contain half the genetic information of the parent and can unite with another gamete to form a zygote.

Meiosis

A biological process of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell.