Eukaryotic Cells Evolved Before Prokaryotic Cells

question 10

True/False

Eukaryotic cells evolved before prokaryotic cells.

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Definitions:

Adaptation

The process through which organisms adjust and change over time in response to their environment, enhancing their survival and reproductive success.

Spontaneously Generated

The idea, now discredited, that living organisms can arise from non-living matter without the involvement of any preexisting life.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A French naturalist known for his theory that evolution occurs through the inheritance of acquired characteristics, a concept largely disproven by modern genetics.

Adaptation

A process by which organisms adjust to their environment to enhance survival and reproductive success.