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Evolution is driven by rare mutations that occur in the DNA of organisms. These mutations could be lethal, neutral and some advantageous. The lethal mutations cannot exist in a population because the offspring is unable to survive to term in pregnancy or dies just after birth. The neutral are ones that do not considerably affect the organisms – though they could result in a disadvantage. The beneficial ones are the one that is kept in the population by natural selection because they confer an advantage e.g in the fight for resources or escaping predation and etcetera. Therefore, it's like a game of chances by nature. Paleontologists discover many species of organisms some of which are imperfect because nature produced them but they died off because their mutations gave them a disadvantage against better-adapted individuals.
The <em>Tiktaalik</em> fish from 375 million years ago became extinct because it did not well-developed eardrum for detecting vibrations in water which is significant in survival.
Dinosaurs during development of feathers had many imperfect species before the right wings for flight were conjured up by nature. An imperfect species is the <u><em>Tianyulong confucius</em></u> had stiff feathers that lacked vanes hence were not ideal for flight
Answer: Number 2, aka Solid wastes on land.
Explanation: Bacteria in soil is a natural thing, so it's not polluting the earth. Oxygen in the atmosphere is letting us live, meaning it's not polluting the earth. Fish in rivers is also another natural thing, leaving us with solid wastes on land.
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The process that moves large bodies of earth materials to higher elevations is called <em>Uplift</em><em>.</em>
Vertebrates have a bilateral symmetry due to which their entire body is divided into right and left halves while the invertebrates either have radial symmetry or the bilateral symmetry. Therefore, option D is correct.
The other basic differences between the vertebrates and the invertebrates are that vertebrates have a spinal cord and a backbone while invertebrates lack them, vertebrates have well developed brain, lungs or gills in respiratory system and closed circulatory system.
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Some examples of primary succession include the formation of a new ecosystem after a volcano, glacier outbursts, or a nuclear explosion. Some examples of secondary succession include succession after a fire, harvesting, logging, or abandonment of land, or the renewal after a disease outbreak.
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