What is an antibiotic?
A) A synthetic chemical that kills bacteria
B) An organism that inhibits the growth of other organisms
C) A chemical that inhibits microbial growth
D) All available answers are characteristics of an antibiotic.

Option D

Explanation:

Antibiotics can be defined as the chemical compound that helps in killing or stopping the growth of microbes inside the body.

These chemical substances are used in the case of bacterial infection inside the body. These substances when goes inside the body alters the growth of bacteria causing infection.

There are various method of action of antibiotics by which it inhibits the growth of bacteria.

Example: Penicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin are some of antibiotics.

b.

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.