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Molecular Biology Of The Cell 6th Edition by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0815345244
book Molecular Biology Of The Cell 6th Edition by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter cover

Molecular Biology Of The Cell 6th Edition by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0815345244
Exercise 1
Which statements are true? Explain why or why not.
-It is not so difficult to imagine what it means to feed on the organic molecules that living things produce. That is, after all, what we do. But what does it mean to "feed" on sunlight, as phototrophs do? Or, even stranger, to "feed" on rocks, as lithotrophs do? Where is the "food," for example, in the mixture of chemicals Which statements are true? Explain why or why not. -It is not so difficult to imagine what it means to feed on the organic molecules that living things produce. That is, after all, what we do. But what does it mean to feed on sunlight, as phototrophs do? Or, even stranger, to feed on rocks, as lithotrophs do? Where is the food, for example, in the mixture of chemicals       that spews from a hydrothermal vent? Which statements are true? Explain why or why not. -It is not so difficult to imagine what it means to feed on the organic molecules that living things produce. That is, after all, what we do. But what does it mean to feed on sunlight, as phototrophs do? Or, even stranger, to feed on rocks, as lithotrophs do? Where is the food, for example, in the mixture of chemicals       that spews from a hydrothermal vent? Which statements are true? Explain why or why not. -It is not so difficult to imagine what it means to feed on the organic molecules that living things produce. That is, after all, what we do. But what does it mean to feed on sunlight, as phototrophs do? Or, even stranger, to feed on rocks, as lithotrophs do? Where is the food, for example, in the mixture of chemicals       that spews from a hydrothermal vent? that spews from a hydrothermal vent?
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