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James was sick, went to the doctor, and was diagnosed with a bacterial throat infection. His infection was treated with antibiotics. In a few days, James felt much better, but some resistant bacteria survived and, overnight, James was sick again. This time, he had to take a much stronger antibiotic.

The resistant bacterial cells illustrate what characteristic of life?
A) All living things respond to stimuli.
B) All living things maintain homeostasis.
C) All living things adapt to changes in their environment.
D) All living things contain genetic material and reproduce.

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Answer:

c

Step-by-step explanation:

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The resistant bacterial cell illustrate that, All liuving things adapt to the changes in their enviroment.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Adaptation is defined as the characteristics that were developed by an organism that benefited its survival in changing environment.
  • In this case the bacteria adapted to the changing environment inside James' body, which was becoming more saturated with antibiotics.
  • Thus, some of them became resitant to the antibiotic and survived.
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