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What is the primary theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?
What is the primary theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?
Which of the following is responsible for processing hereditary information encoded in genes?
Which of the following is responsible for processing hereditary information encoded in genes?
What unifies all organisms, as mentioned in the passage?
What unifies all organisms, as mentioned in the passage?
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
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Which scientific method do biologists use to make observations and form conclusions?
Which scientific method do biologists use to make observations and form conclusions?
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What is the broad scope natural science that studies life at multiple levels of organization?
What is the broad scope natural science that studies life at multiple levels of organization?
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Who is credited with the dramatic improvement of the microscope and the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
Who is credited with the dramatic improvement of the microscope and the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
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Who began the scientific study of plants and is known as the successor to Aristotle in the field of biology?
Who began the scientific study of plants and is known as the successor to Aristotle in the field of biology?
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Which two biologists promoted the universal ideas that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Which two biologists promoted the universal ideas that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
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Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world in 1735 and introduced scientific names for all his species?
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world in 1735 and introduced scientific names for all his species?
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Who is credited with presenting a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin's influential works?
Who is credited with presenting a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin's influential works?
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Which Islamic scholar wrote extensively on botany and made contributions to the field of biology?
Which Islamic scholar wrote extensively on botany and made contributions to the field of biology?
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Whose writings on anatomy and physiology were well studied by Islamic scholars working in Greek philosopher traditions?
Whose writings on anatomy and physiology were well studied by Islamic scholars working in Greek philosopher traditions?
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Who treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, even suggesting the possibility of common descent?
Who treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, even suggesting the possibility of common descent?
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Who originated serious evolutionary thinking with a coherent theory before Charles Darwin?
Who originated serious evolutionary thinking with a coherent theory before Charles Darwin?
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Who wrote on entomology and helped develop techniques of microscopic dissection and staining?
Who wrote on entomology and helped develop techniques of microscopic dissection and staining?
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