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| Characteristics of Living Things |
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-made of cells
-reproduce
-based on a universal genetic code
-grow and develop
-obtain and use materials and energy
-respond to their environment
-maintain a stable internal environment
-change over time |
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| disproven hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter |
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-disproved spontaneous generation
-he broiled broth in a flask with a long, curved neck
-when the neck was on, there were no microorganisms
-when he removed the neck, the broth was teeming with microorganisms
-he proved that the microorganisms could only get to the broth if there was a direct passage, the curved neck was an obstacle to the microorganisms |
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| device that produces magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye |
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