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Why was the sample heated in step 5? describe the chemical principles involved in the reasoning behind this step?

Which list is in order from simplest to most complex? a bacteria - virus - plant - protist b protist - bacteria - virus - plant c virus - bacteria - plant - protist d virus - bacteria - protist - plant

(select all the correct choose each statement that is scientific. - the opinions of randomly selected participants in a survey prove the idea that global temperatures are not increasing on earth. - the universe's average temperature and rate of expansion support the idea that it began as one super-dense and hot mass 13.8 billion years ago. - ocean tides are caused by the uneven gravitational pulls of the moon and sun on different parts of earth. - human life is more valuable than other forms of life on earth because humans are more intelligent than other organisms.