What was Pasteur's purpose in using a swan-necked flask rather than a traditional Erlenmeyer flask for his experiments on spontaneous generation?
a. to prevent air from entering
b. to be able to boil and sterilize the liquid medium
c. to prevent large debris and microbes from entering
d. all of the above
Answer: C
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Why is it difficult to find intermediate fossils for organisms that have evolved under the punctuated equilibrium
model?
What will be an ideal response?A true body cavity completely surrounded by __________ is called a coelom
a. ectoderm b. mesoderm c. endoderm d. exoderm e. mesoglea
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