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Lesson: Chapter 6 — The Structure and Function of Plant and Animal Cells

6.1. The basic unit of life 4 of 5

Question 4

According to the cell theory, how does a new cell come into being?

The right answer is the one marked above.

By the division of a cell that already existed. "New cells arise from cells that already existed" is the third statement of the theory.

A cell does not appear out of nothing, nor by parts assembling themselves. Growth, wound healing and reproduction all rest on this one statement.

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