A scientist is trying to determine the relationship between clams, snails, and squid. When she generates a molecular clock, she is surprised to see that clams and squid are more closely related than clams and snails. Which did the molecular clock data show? Clams and squid have been evolving separately for a longer time than clams and snails. Clams and squid have been evolving separately for a shorter time than clams and snails. Clams and snails have more in common genetically than clams and squid. Clams and snails are more similar in related structures than clams and squids.

Select all the correct answers. which statements fail to meet the requirements of a scientific claim? a). in the final 100 meters of a 10,000-meter race, an athlete's speed is more strongly related to anaerobic efficiency than to aerobic efficiency. b). flowers that reflect the most ultraviolet light are more likely to attract bees and other pollinators than flowers that reflect less ultraviolet light. c). the evidence supporting newton's laws of motion was accurate in newton's time, but the universe operates differently today. d). even though evidence indicates that the solar system's planets follow elliptical paths, copernicus's model involving circular orbits is true.