Which of the following is a correct statement?

Isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are living things

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Linnaeus coined the term taxonomy

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Prokaryotes can sense and respond to environmental cues

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Worker bees are sterile males

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Solution

The correct option is C
Prokaryotes can sense and respond to environmental cues

All organisms, from the prokaryotes to the most complex eukaryotes can sense and respond to environmental cues. Isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are not living things. The term taxonomy was originally coined by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813. Worker bees are sterile females.

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