Fossils Represent the Remains of Once-Living

question 26

Multiple Choice

Fossils represent the remains of once-living

• A) extant species that tell the story of human origins.
• B) extinct organisms that provide a record of the history of life on the planet.
• C) plants that provide proof of catastrophism.
• D) organisms that demonstrate the age of the earth through the process of uniformitarianism.

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Definitions:

Vascular Tissue

The system of tubes in plants that conducts water, minerals, and nutrients.

Phloem

In plants, the network of tissues responsible for carrying sugars and metabolic outputs from the leaves to the lower parts.

Tunicate

Invertebrate chordate that loses most of its defining chordate traits during the transition to adulthood.

Tunic

A layer or covering, often referred to in biology as the outer, fibrous covering of organisms such as tunicates or the covering around certain seeds.