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2 years ago

Why is evolution called a scientific theory?

Physics

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saveliy_v [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Evolution is both a fact and a theory. Evolution is widely observable in laboratory and natural populations as they change over time. The fact that we need annual flu vaccines is one example of observable evolution. At the same time, evolutionary theory explains more than observations, as the succession on the fossil record. Hence, evolution is also the scientific theory that embodies biology, including all organisms and their characteristics. In this paper, we emphasize why evolution is the most important theory in biology. Evolution explains every biological detail, similar to how history explains many aspects of a current political situation. Only evolution explains the patterns observed in the fossil record. Examples include the succession in the fossil record; we cannot find the easily fossilized mammals before 300 million years ago; after the extinction of the dinosaurs, the fossil record indicates that mammals and birds radiated throughout the planet. Additionally, the fact that we are able to construct fairly consistent phylogenetic trees using distinct genetic markers in the genome is only explained by evolutionary theory. Finally, we show that the processes that drive evolution, both on short and long time scales, are observable facts.

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Disclaimer: The question was given incomplete on the portal. Here is the complete question.

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A- neither the ball's velocity nor its acceleration are zero.

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C- the ball's acceleration is zero but its velocity is not zero.

D- the ball's velocity points downward.

Learn more about the projectile motion here:

brainly.com/question/24216590

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