When individual cellular slime mold amoebas are stressed (like near starvation), all the individuals in that immediate area aggregate into a large moving mass of cells called a: ?

The term used when all individuals in an immediate area aggregate into a large moving mass of cells is called a slug. This is often present in aggregation as this is a way of having to increase its chance of having to provide and find food.

emerging idea only occurs as a raw idea that could appear out of nowhere. meanwhile, to reach scientific consensus , that idea must be structured and tested over and over again through various experiments. the scientific consensus transforms the raw idea into idea that is more reliable through the process of scientific elimination.