How Does the Textbook Classify a Person Who Has a Mental

question 82

Multiple Choice

How does the textbook classify a person who has a mental or physical deficiency?

• A) crippled
• B) impaired
• C) handicapped
• D) disabled

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Definitions:

Paternal And Maternal Chromosomes

The set of chromosomes inherited from the father and the set inherited from the mother, respectively, in a diploid organism.

Genome Size

The total amount of DNA contained within one copy of a single complete set of chromosomes of an organism or species.

Protein-Coding Genes

Genes that provide instructions for building proteins, the essential molecules for various biological functions and structures in an organism.

Taxa

Plural form of taxon, denoting groups of one or more organisms seen as entities, often used in the classification and naming of living and extinct organisms.