Skin color (T)Online version

Questions from the movie "The Color of Human Skin "by HHMI

by Jorge Arizpe
1

The greater the latitude, the _______ intensity of the UV radiation.

2

UV radiation varies with latitude due to _______

3

Pigment that gives its color to the human skin

4

The clearer the human skin, the ________ its reflectance.

5

The risk of skin cancer is not a selective pressure of skin color because this disease occurs ______ of reproductive age

6

In evolution, _________ pressure is any cause that reduces the reproductive success of a population

7

Eumelanin is responsible for a _____ coloration

8

Pheomelanin is responsible for a _____ coloration

9

With intense exposure to the sun, folate level _________

10

When living in high latitudes (for example, Canada) which population is less likely to synthesize an adequate level of vitamin D

11

Currently the concept of race has a _______ foundation

12

Currently scientists prefer to talk about human ______ with certain characteristics than races.