If it wasn't for reproduction, the passing of mutations from one generation to the next would continue.

False

Explanation: Reproduction is the cause of mutations from one generation to another (hope this helped)

a. decomposes use carbon from dead organisms as fuel for cellular respiration, returning carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.

this age may represent the age of the earth's accretion, of core formation, or of the material from which the earth formed. this dating is based on evidence from radiometric age-dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the radiometric ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.