Question

The ______ explains the creation of ________. It is believed that a ___ cell engulfed _____ cells. Engulfed means _____ the smaller cells are what we know as _________ and ______.

a) Theory of Evolution, new species, eukaryotic, prokaryotic, absorbing, bacteria, archaea
b) Theory of Relativity, energy, charged, uncharged, dissipating, electrons, protons
c) Big Bang Theory, galaxies, dividing, cosmic dust, combining, stars, planets
d) Law of Inertia, motion, speeding, stationary, stopping, vectors, scalars

Answer 1

The endosymbiotic theory explains how eukaryotic cells evolved from a larger prokaryotic cell engulfing smaller prokaryotic cells, which then evolved into organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer to the fill-in-the-blanks question is: "The endosymbiotic theory explains the creation of eukaryotic cells. It is believed that a eukaryotic cell engulfed prokaryotic cells. Engulfed means absorbing, the smaller cells are what we know as mitochondria and chloroplasts."

The endosymbiotic theory proposes that the eukaryotic cells we see today once formed from a mutually beneficial relationship between two prokaryotic cells, where the larger cell engulfed smaller ones without digesting them. Over time, these smaller cells became the organelles, such as mitochondria, responsible for energy production, and chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis, within the host eukaryotic cell. This process played a crucial role in the evolution of complex life forms.