I believe the answer is a) the scientific method involves developing and testing questions
        
             
        
        
        
Lactobacillus<span> is a genus of Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic or microaerophilic, rod-shaped, non-sporeforming bacteria. They are a major part of the lactic acid bacteria group (example: they convert sugars to lactic acid).</span>
        
             
        
        
        
The word that goes on to the gap is "cells"
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The process by which living things produce more organisms like themselves is the reproduction. There are two types of reproduction namely; asexual reproduction where only one parent is involved, and sexual reproduction that needs two parents, such that the cells of the two parents (egg and sperm) join, resulting to a unique offspring since they have characteristics from each parent are passed down/combined.