The Following Questions Refer to the Description and Figure Below

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Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description and figure below.
The figure represents a cross section of the sea floor through a mid-ocean rift valley, with alternating patches of black and white indicating sea floor with reversed magnetic polarities. At the arrow labeled "I" (the rift valley) , the igneous rock of the sea floor is so young that it can be accurately dated using carbon-14 dating. At the arrow labeled "III," however, the igneous rock is about 1 million years old, and potassium-40 dating is typically used to date such rocks. NOTE: the dashed horizontal arrows indicate the direction of sea-floor spreading, away from the rift valley.
Figure 25.1
-What is True of the fossil record of mammalian origins?

• A)It is a good example of punctuated equilibrium.
• B)It shows that mammals and birds evolved from the same kind of dinosaur.
• C)It includes transitional forms with progressively specialized teeth.
• D)It indicates that mammals and dinosaurs did not overlap in geologic time.
• E)It includes a series that shows the gradual change of scales into fur.

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