When scientists examine fossils of extinct organisms, they try to understand the evolutionary changes that have occurred over time. When a new discovery is made, scientists publish their findings in scientific papers. Why is publishing the findings of scientists important to the scientific community? A.
Scientists want to understand the past so they can predict the future.
B.
Scientists rely on the work of others to advance new ideas.
C.
Scientists are interested in keeping accurate records.
D.
Scientists want to prove that Earth was nothing like it is today.

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.

it means there are 3 atoms of oxygen

it forms an anion that has a larger radius. anions have a negative charge and are larger than the original atom.

catya your not at all which answer i've seen you do this on another question!