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CORRECT ANSWERS
Child development - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific study of children from conception to
adolescence
Development - CORRECT ANSWER the process through which babies become adults
Environment - CORRECT ANSWER all the conditions or situations that affect a child
Epigenome - CORRECT ANSWER chemicals in the body that can turn genes on and off
Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of factors that are involved in passing on traits in
living beings form one generation to the next
Genes - CORRECT ANSWER DNA molecules found in a person's body that determine
individual traits
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER the passing of traits from one generation to the next
Intellectual development - CORRECT ANSWER how and what people learn, how people
express what they know through language
Physical development - CORRECT ANSWER refers to the physical growth of a person's body;
the development of both large and small motor skills
Social-emotional development - CORRECT ANSWER interactions with people and social
groups, disposition and emotions
Stressors - CORRECT ANSWER events that cause worry and anxiety