How do scientists most often gain new knowledge?

What are two reasons for why a species might disappear from the fossil record?

Astudent reads the following text in a science book: scientific evidence tells us that the cause of earths four seasons is the tilt of earth as it revolves around the sound the student is instructed to illustrate this information in a science book. how will the student illustrate winter in the northern hemisphere? a. earths northern hemisphere will tilt away from the sun. b. earths northern hemisphere will tilt toward the sun. c. earths orbit will be farther away than from the sun d. earths southern hemisphere will tilt away from the sun.

Can bacteria reproduce in a way such that when you start out with two bacteria, you get five bacteria? why or why not? * a. yes, because bacteria reproduce sexually, and can produce any number of offspring, just as humans do. b. no, because bacteria grow at an exponential rate. c. no, because when bacteria reproduce, they split into two parts, and two bacteria splitting would result in four bacteria.