Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1A
What is the significance of Pasteur’s experiment to test the germ hypothesis?
a. It proved that heat can sterilize a broth.
b. It demonstrated that cells can arise spontaneously.
c. It demonstrated that some cells are germs.
d. It demonstrated that cells can only arise from other cells.
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Which statement about spontaneous generation is false?
A.
It addresses the formation of living cells from previously nonliving material.
B.
This was a common belief for during the Middle Ages.
C.
Pasteur demonstrated that it does not occur under normal laboratory conditions.
D.
It occurs every time a new species evolves from a preexisting species.
E.
It apparently occurred at least once – when life on Earth began.
What would the results of Pasteur's swan-neck flask experiment have looked like if they supported the theory of spontaneous generation? B. What did Pasteur's experiments not prove? C. How would the presence of endospores in Louis Pasteur's nutrient solutions have affected his conclusions about spontaneous generation?
Which is a piece of evidence that supports the endosymbiotic theory?
Select all that apply.
(Group of answer choices)
A. many bacteria are resistant to antibiotics
B. eukaryotic cells have cell membranes
C. mitochondria have their own DNA
D. chloroplast DNA is more similar to cyanobacteria DNA than eukaryotic DNA
E. ribosomes are present in eukaryotic cells
F. mitochondria must divide to multiply, cells can't build them
Chapter 1 Solutions
Biology
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