An Italian physician, ________, challenged the concept of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots do not arise from decaying meat but rather from developing fly eggs.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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Protozoa, algae, and fungus are typically found near the surface of soil

Indicate whether this statement is TRUE or FALSE.

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Whose findings of evolution by natural selection were presented with those of Darwin?

a. Alfred Wallace b. Carolus Linnaeus c. Charles Lyell d. Gregor Mendel e. Thomas Malthus

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A. constitutive enzymes. B. apoenzymes. C. endoenzymes. D. axoenzymes. E. regulated enzymes.

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