A Recent Book by a Reputable Biologist Suggests There Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

A recent book by a reputable biologist suggests there is a deep, hot biosphere under the Earth's crust that may have more biomass than all life at the Earth's surface. This would primarily rely on what organisms?

• A) primitive animals
• B) primitive heat-loving plants
• C) fungi living on the detritus from above
• D) thermoacidophilic archaea
• E) viruses

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Definitions:

Segmental Contraction

A type of muscle contraction that occurs in the digestive tract, helping move food through the intestines by constricting and relaxing sections of the muscle in a sequential manner.

Segmental Contractions

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Protein Digestion

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Aspirin

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