Answer:( answer for number one) an essential nutrient for the production of amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids. ( number 2 ) for the growth, maintenance, and repair of all tissues and cells, and for the production of the genetic building blocks, DNA and RNA
Based on that scenario, a faulty reasoning that the student's research advisor most likely point out is : The rock that makes up the fossils replaced the organisms tissue and genetic material,
Because of this , their genomes can't be extracted.
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I think it is D. because the sun's radiant energy gives life to the earth life forms.