For the World as a Whole,about How Many People Suffer

question 43

Multiple Choice

For the world as a whole,about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

• A)less than 1 million
• B)10 million
• C)100 million
• D)close to 1 billion

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Definitions:

Gamete

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

Chromosome

A thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by the merging of an egg and sperm cell during fertilization.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.