How does wet heat sterilization, such as an autoclave, work to inactivate bacteria and other infectious pathogens?

Does anyone know what a poms statement is for biology? i don't know what it is and i have an assignment on it tomorrow, will award the best answer a brainliest!

The distant ancestors of tigers may have had bodies without stripes. use the theory of natural selection to explain how tigers may have evolved to have stripes.

What best explains whether bromine (br) or neon (ne) is more likely to form a covalent bond? bromine forms covalent bonds because it has seven valence electrons, but neon has eight valence electrons and already fulfills the octet rule. bromine forms covalent bonds because it has many electron shells, but neon has only two electron shells and is tightly bound to its electrons. neon forms covalent bonds because it can share its valence electrons, but bromine has seven valence electrons and can gain only one more electron. neon forms covalent bonds because it has only two electron shells, but bromine has many electron shells and will lose electrons in order to fulfill the octet rule.