A common form of moist heat sterilization in the laboratory is

A) Boiling water
B) The hot plate
C) The autoclave
D) Ultraviolet light


Ans: C) The autoclave

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Nearly complete skeletal data is available from fossils of ____, an early tetrapod that differed from

fishes in part by having a neck.

a. Ichthyostega b. Anolis c. Dunkleosteus d. Eusthenopteron e. Archaeopteryx

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Organisms require energy to function. What is the energy source for the plants in your experiment?

A. water B. light C. carbon dioxide D. ammonium nitrate E. soil

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Which of the following statements about Venus is not true?

What will be an ideal response?

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