After darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection, scientists began trying to test his ideas in a variety of ways. which of the following best explains why it was important that scientists did this?

a. they knew they would be left behind by the scientific community if they did not.

b. they needed to discredit darwin as quickly as possible with contradictory evidence.

c. they were compelled to prove that this new idea was correct and lamarck was wrong.

d. they had to see if this new idea fit the evidence they found in their experiments.

explanation:

for  example, forests have higher evapotranspiration than other ecosystems,  such  as grasslands, because of their deeper roots and greater leaf area. thus forests have a net moistening effect on the atmosphere and become a moisture source for downwind ecosystems.

kelp are large brown algae that live in cool, relatively shallow waters close to the shore. they grow in dense groupings much like a forest on land. these underwater towers of kelp provide food and shelter for thousands of fish, invertebrates, and marine mammal species.

e) all of the above

the missing space is phylum