You might be surprised to find, however, that the first seismometer was invented in China in 132 AD by a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, engineer, and inventor called Zhang Heng. The instrument was said to resemble a wine jar six feet in diameter, with eight dragons positioned face down along the outside of the barrel, marking the primary compass directions. In each dragon’s mouth was a small bronze ball. Beneath the dragons sat eight bronze toads, with their broad mouths gaping to receive the balls. When the instrument sensed an incoming seismic wave, one of the balls would drop and the sound would alert observers to the earthquake, giving a rough indication of the earthquake’s direction of origin. The device is said to have been very accurate and could detect earthquakes from afar, and did not rely on shaking or movement in the location where the instrument was positioned. The first ever earthquake recorded by this seismograph was supposedly somewhere in the east. Days later, a rider from there reported this earthquake. Moreover, it had the most wicked ornaments. They don’t make scientific instruments like they used to! Of course, the insides of the seismometer was filled with a sensing mechanism of some sort, the contents of which have been lost in time. In all likelihood, a simple or inverted pendulum was employed, according to experts.
I believe the answer is B. false. Hope I helped ^^
16. A Couple with the ability to taste PTC have two grown sons and one grown daughter. The sons have the ability to taste PTC. Their daughter is a PTC non-taster. She married with a PTC non-taster man and have two sons.
The ability to taste Phenylthiocarbamide<span> or PTC is inherited by autosomal dominant trait. The daughter of the first generation should be autosomal recessive(tt) as she was a non-taster. That means her parent would be heterozygotes(Tt) since they have the ability to taste PTC. Her brother could be homozygote dominant(TT) or heterozygote(Tt). The pedigree would be:
i. no-shade square(Tt) -----------------</span>no-shade circle(<span>Tt)
ii. </span>no-shade square(T?), no-shade square(T?), shaded circle(tt)------shaded square(tt)
iii. shaded square(tt) and shade square(tt),
17. She marries with non-taster too which means also a homozygote recessive. Since both parents are homozygote recessive, the children should be 100% homozygote recessive too.
The phenotype of the sons in generation III would be 100% non-taster.
18. The genotype of the female should be XX. To express the recessive trait, an individual need to have all recessive genes. If she has a recessive trait of an X-linked disease then both of the X genes should have a lowercase letter(recessive).
Answer:
C.


19. The genotype of a male should be XY. If he has a recessive trait of an X-linked disease then the X genes should have a lowercase letter(recessive). As there is only one X gene in male, to express recessive he only needs 1 recessive gene.
Answer:
E.

Y
Answer:
I think its False they had to have more due to more slaves
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