Capitolo Dagli organismi alle cellule Paragrafo Origine della vita e teorie evolutive Verso le competenze Choose the correct answer. 1. A bacterium that synthesized its own complex compounds using energy released from chemical reactions would be categorized as a heterotrophic prokaryote. chemosynthetic prokaryote. photosynthetic eukaryote. chemosynthetic eukaryote.2. Which of these statements does not describe the formation of the planets? They were formed by thermonuclear reaction. They were formed from gas and dust remaining after the sun was formed. They grew from initial random collections of particles. They were formed 4.6 billion years ago.3. According to Darwin, all inherited variations among individuals within natural populations are produced by a creative force. give the individual a slight advantage. occur by chance. are generally useless to the organism.