The term evolution is used to describe

A. heritable changes in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.
B. any change in an individual that can be observed.
C. changes in the number of individuals in a population due to mating.
D. the ability of an individual organism to pass on what it has learned, through experience, to the next generation.
E. any change in an individual organism that occurs in somatic cells.


A. heritable changes in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

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from

a. the ventricle, to the lungs, back to the heart, then to the body tissues. b. the atrium, to the lungs, and directly to the body tissues. c. the ventricle, to the body tissue, then to the lungs. d. the atrium, to the body tissue, then to the heart. e. the atrium, to the lungs, back to the heart, then to the body tissues

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A chemical reaction requires energy to proceed. This would be

A) exothermic. B) endothermic. C) entropy. D) kinetic energy.

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Alleles that differ by as little as a single nucleotide can be distinguished by synthetic probes known as ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A cell that neither gains nor loses water when it is immersed in a solution is what?

A. hypertonic to its environment. B. metabolically inactive. C. hypotonic to its environment. D. isotonic to its environment.

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