You thinly slice a carrot root and place the slices on a medium containing nutrients and hormones necessary for plant growth. After a few weeks, you see that there are many little entire carrot plants growing from the root slices. The cells in the root can give rise to an entire plant because many plant cells are
A. totipotent
B. unipotent
C. embryonic
D. pluripotent
E. semipotent
A. totipotent
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over long periods of time are exactly the same as the processes observed today
a. catastrophismb. sedimentation c. orthogenesis d. gradualism e. uniformitarianism
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a. Yes b. No
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What will be an ideal response?
Which if the following is incorrect in terms of the section and information in which it should be provided for the cricket lab?
A. Results-From the chi square test and resulting p-value, the null hypothesis can be rejected. B. Discussion-The crickets were kept in territories to establish residency for 1 week prior to the experiment. C. Discussion-One limitation of the study was that the size of paired crickets was not systematically controlled for and therefore could provide an alternative explanation of the results. D. Discussion-The results of this study may be generalizable to other related organisms, but should be done so with caution because our experiment was conducted in artificial environments.