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What is the idea that life could spring from nonliving matter called?
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Spontaneous Generation
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What is the ability microscopes have to distinguish fine details called?
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Resolution
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What is the control center of plant and animal cells?
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The Nucleus
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What is the storage compartment of a cell called?
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Vacuoles
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Which gas did not exist 3.6 billion years ago according to scientific theory?
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Oxygen
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What is the difference between a autotroph and a heterotroph?
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Autotrophs generally use photosynthesis to make their own food from sunlight, and heterotrophs consume autotrophs and other heterotrophs for their food.
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Which type of microscope (electron or light) was used to discover cells?
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A Light Microscope
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What organelle could be likened to the "powerhouse" of the cell?
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Mitochondria
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What is the main difference between a bacterial cell and a plant or animal cell?
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Bacterial cells do not have a nucleus.
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According to scientific theory, were the first cells autotrophs or heterotrophs?
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Heterotrophs
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