Provitamins Are

question 46

Multiple Choice

Provitamins are:

• A)vitamins with overwhelmingly positive effects when taken in the correct amounts.
• B)inactive forms of vitamins that the body cannot use until they're converted to their active form.
• C)prooxidents that have taken a new form.
• D)vitamins with antioxidant properties.

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Definitions:

Shrinking Population

A demographic trend where the number of individuals in a population decreases over time due to factors like low birth rates, high death rates, and emigration.

Prereproductive Individuals

Organisms that have not yet reached sexual maturity and thus are not capable of reproduction.

Survivorship Curve

A graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.

R-selected

A trait in certain species characterized by high reproduction rates, many offspring, and minimal parental care.