The correct answer is Metal.
Sound waves are vibrations which need medium to propagate. Higher the density of medium, the sound travels fastest. Sound travels fastest in solid than liquid and gas. Therefore, in this question sound will travel faster in metal because metal has higher density than air and water and it will not travel in vacuum as sound needs medium to travel.
The answer could possibly be natural selection or survival of the fittest
I don't think the answer is A as that seems a bit drastic, I think it's C.
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The geologic time scale is an important tool used to portray the history of the Earth—a standard timeline used to describe the age of rocks and fossils, and the events that formed them. It spans Earth's entire history and is separated into four principle divisions.
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