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| Why are the cells in a dead organism different from cells in a live organism? |
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| Dead cells cannot maintain a difference in conditions inside the cell versus outside, replicate, use energy or process information. |
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| Describe the evidence that supported the pattern and process components of the cell theory? |
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| Observations on thousands of diverse species supported the claim that all organisms consist of cells. the hypothesis that all cell come from preexisting cells was supported when Pateur showed that new cells do not arise and grow in a boiled liquid unless they are introduced from the air. |
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| Why does the average protein content of seeds in a natural population of a grass species increase over time, if seeds with higher protein content survive better and grow into individuals that produce many seeds wit high protein content when they mature? |
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| If seeds with higher protein content leave the most off spring, then individuals with low protein in their seeds will become rare over time. |
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| How can biologists determine whether newly discovered species are members of the Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukarya by analyzing their rRna or other molecules. |
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| A newly discovered species can be classified as a member of the bacteria if only in bacteria. the same logic applies to classifying a new species in the Archaea or Eukaraya. |
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| Explain the relationship between a hypothesis and a prediction and why experiments are convincing ways to test predictions. |
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A hypothesis is an explanation of how the owrld works: a prediction is an outcome you should observe if the hypothesis is correct.
Experiements are convincing because they measure predictions form two opposing hypotheses. Both predicted actions cNNOT OCCUR, SO ONE HYPOTHESIS WILL BE SUPPORTED WHILE THE OTHER WILL NOT |
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