1.This was a breakthrough in showing how LONGEVITY could have evolved.
2. Short-answer question: Briefly describe the role of tRNA in building a protein from mRNA .
3. DNA is the heritable material in a cell and “programs” the proteins that will be made by the cell. Are all the possible proteins made in all cells all the time?
4. Mitochondria are the “powerhouses of the cell”. Why?
5. What major shift in cause of death occurred between 1920 and 1940 and why?
6. True or false : Gender differences in life expectancy at birth cannot be supported by the evolutionary theory of longevity.
7. What is Total Energy Expenditure?
8. What is geriatric failure to thrive?
9. Briefly describe the process of hearing. What structures are affected by sound waves?
10. Briefly describe the ionic and electrical events involved in a neural impulse . You can also draw the process with labels.
