In Which of the Following Activities Does the Typical Young

question 5

Multiple Choice

In which of the following activities does the typical young child in the United States spend the most time?

• A) playing outside
• B) reading or being read to
• C) listening to music
• D) using screen media, such as TV

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Live Births

A reproductive strategy where offspring are born in a developed state, as opposed to being laid as eggs.

Spontaneous Abortion

The natural ending of a pregnancy before the fetus is capable of surviving outside the uterus, also known as miscarriage.

Human Genome

The complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23 chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria.

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are units of hereditary information consisting of DNA sequences that code for proteins or functional RNA molecules.