While It Is Very Difficult to Find Fossils of the Earliest

question 33

Multiple Choice

While it is very difficult to find fossils of the earliest cells, there are some probable early cell characteristics. Four of the five answers represent possible traits that the first cells may have had. Select the exception.

• A)prokaryotic
• B)autotroph
• C)aerobic
• D)anaerobic
• E)heterotroph

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