All organisms require a set of instructions that specify its traits. the instructions that are responsible for all the inherited traits of an organism a. are formed after an organism is fully-grown. b. are passed from the offspring to the parent. c. are encoded in molecules of genetic material. d. are stored in the organism's brain only.

Marianne is comparing two animals: a fruit fly and a fruit bat. she asks, "do a fruit fly and a fruit bat share a common ancestor in their evolutionary history? " according to evolutionary theory, what is the answer to marianne's question?

The phlogiston theory in the 17th century attempted to explain burning. the theory stated that combustable objects contained a material called phlogiston, a substance without mass, color, odor, etc. after objects burned, the objects were dephlogistonated and were then in their true form. the phlogiston theory was accepted until the 18th century, when lavoisier proved that combustion requires a gas that has mass. phlogiston is considered a) to be scientific knowledge b) not to be scientific knowledge c) to be proven by scientific method d) to be accepted in the modern scientific community

Which best describes how the common cold spreads in the human body? a bacteria burst out of normal cells killing them b viruses replicate inside respiratory cells c bacteria inject dna into normal cells d viruses insert dna into bacteria