Cells continually exchange materials and information with their environment. This exchange is crucial

gold i'm pretty sure i might be wrong

meiosis is the first to occur after the nuclei of opposite of opposite mating types fuse

not necessarily. higher fitness requires the organism to be reproductive successful. for example, an organism at age 10 with 15 offspring is much more fit than an organism at age 15 with only 5 offspring.

in a chemical reaction, the atoms and molecules produced by the reaction are called products. no new atoms are created, and no atoms are destroyed. in a chemical reaction, reactants contact each other, bonds between atoms in the reactants are broken, and atoms rearrange and form new bonds to make the products.