The Permian period ended and then rapid speciation occurred as new animal and plant forms evolved. The most likely explanation for this is .
I) adaptive radiation
II) ecological opportunity
III) lack of competition
IV) morphological innovation
A) just one of the above
B) two of the above
C) three of the above
D) all of the above

The phylogeny chart shows the evolution of camels. camelus is the modern-day camel. based on this chart, which three statements are true? ⭕ modern camels are more related to stenomylus than to eschatius. ⭕ stenomylous and modern camels do not share a common ancestor. ⭕ modern camels are more related to camelops than to aepycamelus. ⭕ pliauchenia and oxydactylus may share similar features. ⭕ procamelus and stenomylous may share similar features.

In eukaryotes, genetic information is passed to the next generation by processes that include mitosis or meiosis. which of the explanations identifies the correct process and supports the claim that heritable information is passed from one generation to another? a. mitosis, followed by cytokinesis, produces daughter cells that are genetically different from the parent cell, thus insuring variation within the population. b. during mitosis, dna replication occurs twice within the cell cycle to insure a full set of chromosomes within each of the daughter cells produced. c. in asexual reproduction, a single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes. d. single-celled organisms can fuse their cells, reproducing asexually through mitosis to form new cells that are not identical to the parent cell.

Indicate whether the following statements about the biases in the fossil record are true or false. a) inland species are more likely to be preserved than marine species b) organisms with hard body parts are more likely to be preserved than are those composed soft tissues. c) species that existed over a larger area are more likely to be preserved than species existing over a smaller area. d) organisms that lived very long ago are more likely to be found as fossils than organisms that lived relatively recently e) the fossils of larger organisms are more likely to be found than the fossils of smaller organisms