By Far,the Most Common Chronic Disease or Condition of Children

question 73

Multiple Choice

By far,the most common chronic disease or condition of children in the United States is __________.

• A) sickle cell anemia
• B) asthma
• C) cystic fibrosis
• D) diabetes

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Definitions:

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.

Cohesion-tension

A hypothesis that explains the process of water movement up plants due to water molecules' cohesive and adhesive properties and the evaporation of water from the leaves.

Xylem

the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

Transpiration

Plant’s loss of water to the atmosphere, mainly through evaporation at leaf stomata.