A fossil is any natural evidence of prehistoric life that provides some idea of the size, shape, or form of the organism. A fossil does need not to be a whole animal or plant. Broken fragments are also fossils, as are the tracks left behind by the organisms. Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed. The fossils found in rock formations of different time periods differ because the environment on Earth has changed.
A paleontologist discovers a rock slab on which the footprints of a Pennsylvania dinosaur are well preserved. What does this fossil tell us about Pennsylvania?

A) rocks used to be really soft
B) you need bone to make fossils
C) animals are preserved as fossils
D) there was a time in Pennsylvania history when dinosaur existed

Two true-breeding pea plants were crossed. one parent is round, terminal, violet, constricted, while the other expresses the respective contrasting phenotypes of wrinkled, axial, white, full. the four pairs of contrasting traits are controlled by four genes, each located on a separate chromosome. in the f1 only round, axial, violet, and full were expressed. in the f2, all possible combinations of these traits were expressed in ratios consistent with mendelian inheritance. (a) what conclusion about the inheritance of the traits can be drawn based on the f1 results? (b) in the f2 results, which phenotype appeared most frequently? what mathematical expression predicts the probability of occurrence of this phenotype? (c) which f2 phenotype is expected to occur least frequently? what mathematical expression predicts this probability? (d) in the f2 generation, how often is either of the p1 phenotypes likely to occur? express your answer as a fraction (example: 3/16).

Asmall number of finches are removed randomly from the wild and placed in a protected bird area. they are given as much food as they need and have plenty of space. why would natural selection not occur in this population? a. there is no reason for genetic mutation to occur. b. the birds compete for limited resources, c. the population has not reached carrying capacity. d. there is no genetic variation in the finches.

Which of the following matches the organisms described with the correct domain? a. bacteria--unicellular, eukaryotic organisms with cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycanb. archaea--multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that do not have cell wallsc. eukarya--single-celled and multicellular organisms, with a defined nucleus and a variety of nutritional sourcesd. bacteria--unicellular, eukaryotic organisms that always lack cell walls