What would happen to a plant cell in a hypertonic environment?
A. There would be no change.
B. It would swell and burst.
C. Its turgor pressure would increase.
D. It would shrink.
Answer: D. It would shrink.
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A) a kidney B) a heart C) a liver D) a brain
Which of the following is false concerning eugenics?
A. The eugenics movement passed laws meant to eliminate bad genes from the human gene pool. B. Supporters of eugenics encouraged sterilization of the unfit. C. Eugenics methods have been highly successful in reducing the frequencies of bad recessive alleles from the human population. D. Eugenics methods have been unsuccessful, because recessive alleles are hidden in the heterozygous condition and can be passed on to offspring.
How are the X and Y chromosomes different?
a. only females have a Y b. only one is an autosome c. the X is smaller than the Y d. the Y carries fewer genes than the X
Whose work proved conclusively that spontaneous generation of life from nonlife was not possible?
A. Georges Cuvier B. Walther Flemming C. John Ray D. Louis Pasteur E. Charles Darwin