Answer:
the point of science is to disprove hypothesis so having a hypothesis that doesn't allow that to happen is not good science
2. they don't fit in our mouths so are a trait from when we had larger jaws
3. bones of your lower jaw, middle ear and voice box (they aren't actually gills fyi, they just look like them)
4. likely yes as their bones were hollow but likely only able to fly short distances, the thought was that they couldn't do their size and weight but with hollow bones they were able to like a quail would
5. no because they could be sister taxa, you would have a hard time proving exactly that this new fossil is the common ancestor that birds came from to replace the old hypothesis (guess) of which one did.
Explanation:
Alternative energy sources are those that do not deplete natural resources and do not harm the environment.
Options A, B, and C are all fossil fuels, which we know can be depleted and harm the environment.
The only valid option here is D, Geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy is both renewable and environmentally friendly.