BIOLOGY NOW WITH PHYSIOLOGY + THE STORY
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Chapter 22, Problem 1TQ
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Infertility is defined as a reproductive system disorder, which is the inability to achieve pregnancy. The most common reason for infertility includes diabetes, genetic defects, undescended testicles, and abnormal production of sperm in males. In females, infertility problem is due to ovulation, uterine, and tubal blockage. It also associated with age-related factors and pelvic inflammatory diseases.

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The birth rate of Denmark is dropping. This is due to both women and men are older when they start their families and inadequate sperm count in men due to chemical exposure.

Therefore, the option (d) is correct.

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Justify reasons for the correct statement:

Denmark is a Nordic country in northern Europe, where infertility is most common. This leads to the extreme reduced fertility reduced among the Danish people. Approximately every one in ten children in Denmark is born by reproductive technologies. The major reason for birth rate dropping in Denmark includes late marriage by both men and women and inadequate sperm count in men due to the chemical exposures.

Option (d) is given as “all of the above”.

Hence, the option (d) is correct.

Justify reasons for the incorrect statements:

Option (a) is given as “women are now older when they begin a family”.

Women are now older when they begin a family is not only the sole reason for birth rate dropping in Denmark. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Option (b) is given as “men are now older when they begin a family”.

Men are now older when they begin a family is not only the sole reason for birth rate dropping in Denmark. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Option (c) is given as “exposure to chemicals is decreasing the sperm count in men”.

Exposure to chemicals is reducing the sperm count in men is not only the sole reason for birth rate dropping in Denmark. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Hence, options (a), (b), and (c) are incorrect.

Conclusion

Women and men are older when they start their families and inadequate sperm count in men due to exposure to various harmful chemicals are main reasons for dropping of birth rate in Denmark.

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