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What is the scientific study of life called?
What is the scientific study of life called?
Which unifying theme in biology explains the unity and diversity of life?
Which unifying theme in biology explains the unity and diversity of life?
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
At what levels of organization can biologists study life?
At what levels of organization can biologists study life?
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Which domain of life includes organisms such as archaea and bacteria?
Which domain of life includes organisms such as archaea and bacteria?
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What method do biologists use to make observations, generate hypotheses, and form conclusions?
What method do biologists use to make observations, generate hypotheses, and form conclusions?
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Who is credited with the dramatic improvement of the microscope, leading to the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
Who is credited with the dramatic improvement of the microscope, leading to the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
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Which biologist(s) promoted the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Which biologist(s) promoted the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
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Who presented a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Who presented a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
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Who wrote on botany in the medieval Islamic world?
Who wrote on botany in the medieval Islamic world?
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Who treated species as artificial categories and suggested the possibility of common descent?
Who treated species as artificial categories and suggested the possibility of common descent?
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Who contributed extensively to the development of biological knowledge and explored biological causation and the diversity of life?
Who contributed extensively to the development of biological knowledge and explored biological causation and the diversity of life?
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Which philosopher began the scientific study of plants in ancient Greece?
Which philosopher began the scientific study of plants in ancient Greece?
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Which scientist made new interest in entomology and helped develop techniques of microscopic dissection and staining?
Which scientist made new interest in entomology and helped develop techniques of microscopic dissection and staining?
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Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for all his species in the 1750s?
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for all his species in the 1750s?
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Who opposed the idea that all cells come from the division of other cells, continuing to support spontaneous generation?
Who opposed the idea that all cells come from the division of other cells, continuing to support spontaneous generation?
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