A Flat Cumulative Record Indicates That _____ Has Taken Place

question 70

Multiple Choice

A flat cumulative record indicates that _____ has taken place.

• A) spontaneous recovery
• B) extinction
• C) acquisition
• D) generalization

Grasp the concept of fossil scarcity and the conditions that lead to fossil preservation.

Identify the chronological order of appearance for various organisms in the fossil record.

Comprehend the primary causes of extinction for large populations.

Understand the significance of the Carboniferous period in the formation of coal.

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Definitions:

Nitrogen Atom

A chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7, known for its role in the formation of amino acids, nucleic acids, and many other organic and inorganic compounds.

Negatively Skewed

A characteristic of a distribution where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the right side, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the right side.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, dividing the data into two halves.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a dataset.