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There are six-kingdoms in the system of taxonomic classification.

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What type of events are typically seen in the fossil record?

A) Structural changes.
B) Speciation.
C) Extinction.
D) All of these.

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Neanderthals disappeared about

Where do the salts in the ocean come from? How does this affect the chemistry of both the ocean water and the atmosphere?

The Neanderthals disappeared about 30,000 years ago and were replaced by the first members of our own species, Homo sapiens.

During the __________ Eon, there was no free oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.

Speciation nearly always requires some form of

All of Earth's water, land, and atmosphere that contains and supports life is known as

In which era do we see human evolution?

The most ancient known fossils are 4.6 billion years old, found in rocks from the Archean Eon.

An organism's genetic sequence can also change through __________ , which happens spontaneously during the passage of genes from parents to offspring and can also be caused by environmental factors.

The oxygenation of the atmosphere by early photosynthetic organisms was a major environmental change that provided many new opportunities for diversification.

___________ study the fossilized remains of ancient plants and animals.

One of the requirements for multicellular organisms to survive on land is a means for exchanging gases with air.

Mutations can be considered as one of the components of evolution because they

DNA consists of two chainlike molecules called biopolymers. What are the structural units that are stacked together in the DNA molecule called?

About 1.4 billion years ago, the aerobic eukaryotes emerged.

Living organisms do not have the potential to adapt and to develop into new life forms, or species.

When did free oxygen begin to accumulate in the Earth's atmosphere?

__________ is the permanent disappearance of a species, and is widespread over the duration of Earth's history.