The fossil record provides evidence for evolution. Choose the statements that correctly describe the evidence for evolution provided by the fossil record. For full marks, you must choose all responses that apply. Marks will be deducted if you choose incorrect responses. Select one or more:
a. More recent fossils are most similar to species alive today.
b. Older layers of rock appear under newer layers of rock. This allows species to be placed in chronological order in the fossil record.
c. All ancestral organisms can be found in the fossil record.
d. The fossil record shows the appearance and disappearance of species. This supports the evidence that certain species evolved from ancestral forms (such as whales from a terrestrial ancestor).
e. Evidence of mechanisms for change are preserved in the fossil record.