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The Principle of Original Horizontality States That ____________________ Rocks Were

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The principle of original horizontality states that ____________________ rocks were deposited in horizontal layers. Thus, if rock layers are now ____________________, they must have been disturbed after lithification.


Definitions:

Convergent Evolution

The process where organisms not closely related independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches.

Monotreme

A mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young, such as the platypus and echidnas, belonging to the most primitive order of mammals.

Therian

A subgroup of mammals that includes marsupials and placental mammals, distinguished from monotremes.

Morphologically Resemble

To share physical similarities in form and structure with another species or entity.

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