You are given a science question (easy-level) and four answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D"). Your task is to find the correct answer based on scientific facts, knowledge, and reasoning. Do not generate anything else apart from one of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D'. There is only one correct answer for each question.

Q: Which example would result in new cells that are most different from the parent cells?  
 (A) yeast cells splitting into new cells (B) bacteria cells dividing into new cells (C) skin cells dividing to produce more skin cells (D) sperm and egg cells uniting to produce fertilized egg cells

A: D
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Q: A drug company developed a pill to reduce cases of stomach virus. To test the medication, half of the participants got the pill with the new medicine and half got a sugar pill. Which term best identifies the participants who got a sugar pill?  
 (A) control (B) experimental (C) dependent variable (D) independent variable

A: A
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Q: Which of these groups contains single-celled organisms?  
 (A) birds (B) plants (C) fungus (D) animals

A:
C
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