D) insulation is the answer
Answer:
uniformitarianism, Fossil groups, 48 million years ago.
Explanation:
- Uniformitarianism is the doctrine of uniformity that assumes that same environmental laws and process operate till date that has also occurred on the past but not with the same uniformity. Unlike the atmospheric that is short-lived and sudden changes over the period of time.
- William Smith was a geologist who has noticed a certain type of fossil in a certain layer of sedimentary and igneous rock. A similar layer of strata could be found in the areas that were further apart.
- The Permian period was from 229 to 251 million years and was the last period of the paleozoic era and is recorded for the last major extinction in the history of life in earth and it lasted for 48 million years.
<span>When plants moved on the land they had to adapt to new environment and </span>to deal with new <span>problems. The main problem for plants was to figure out how to regulate water loss within the cells. One of the solution was the formation of the waxy covering on top of leaves-cuticle, which evolved on the surface of leaves to reduce water loss. Another problem for plants was to figure out how to obtain resources from soil and air, so they developed vascular tissue to transport water/sugar within the plant.</span>