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sashaice [31]
3 years ago
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True or False: Changes in an organism can't occur because of an outside force, such as a massive earthquake.

Biology
2 answers:
Nata [24]3 years ago
8 0
True because it makes the earthquake impossible to reach the inside of an organism

V125BC [204]3 years ago
4 0
True: changes in an organism can't occur because of an outside force, such as a massive earthquake
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