Our nervous system is organized into two broad anatomical divisions: the central nervous system (consisting of the brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (pns). your pns is further organized into two functional divisions. if you tap your knee, the signal to act is carried via your to the muscles in your knee. in contrast, the signals that pass via the are involuntary and act primarily to regulate your body's internal environment. this involuntary nerve system is further organized into three divisions. if you need a sudden burst of energy, your is activated to you act quickly. in contrast, if you are relaxing and conserving energy, then it is your that is primarily in action. the third division is your which control the components of the digestive system.

1. the passing of is the basis of heredity. 2. our encode the instructions that define our traits. 3. each of us has thousands of genes, which are made of and reside in our chromosomes. 4. in addition to our genes, the we live in also define our traits. 5. humans have two complete sets of chromosomes. 6. when parents conceive a child, each parent contributes set of chromosomes. 7. every child receives of its chromosomes from the mother and half from the father. 8. this transfer takes place at when the father’s sperm joins the mother’s egg. 9. while most cells in our bodies have two sets of chromosomes, or a total of egg and sperm each have chromosomes. 10. when egg and sperm unite they create a single cell called a 11. each parent contributes complete set of chromosomes to their child. 12. since the parents contribute the chromosomes to each new child, every child inherits a unique set of chromosomes. 13. as a result, every baby will have a combination of traits.

In addition to seeds, which of the following characteristics are unique to the seed-producing plants? a) sporopollenin b) lignin present in cell walls c) pollen d) use of air currents as a dispersal agent e) megaphylls

Which statement best describes the relationship between an allele and a gene? question 1 a. an allele is a variation of a gene that can be expressed as a phenotype. b. an allele is the part of a gene that attaches to messenger rna molecules. c. an allele is a segment of a dna molecule that controls replication of a gene.