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Roughly how old are the oldest fossils on Earth? - ✔✔3.8 billion years
According to scientific evidence, approximately when did Earth form? - ✔✔4.6 billion
years ago
How long did dinosaurs roam on Earth? - ✔✔about 180 million years
According to the fossil record, which was first on earth, dragonflies or dinosaurs? -
✔✔dragonflies
Which statement about dragonflies is true? - ✔✔a. During their lifecycle, dragonflies
spend several years in water
b. adult dragonflies can only feed while they are flying, because they need all their legs
to hold their prey. They starve if they cannot fly
c. Dragonflies have no changed much in appearance for hundreds of millions of years
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, d. During their larval stages, dragonflies often eat fish and tadpoles.
e. all of the above
e. all of the above
About 100 million years ago, the max wingspan of dragonflies decreased while the
oxygen level in the atmosphere stayed constant. Clapham and Karr attribute this drop
in dragonfly size to - ✔✔the evolution of modern bird traits, which improved their
flight performance
According to the paper by Clapham and Karr, which evidence supports the conclusion
that oxygen levels in the atmosphere limit the max size of dragonflies? - ✔✔During the
Carboniferous, dragonfly size increased with rising oxygen levels and decreased when
oxygen levels went down
According to members of medical school selection committees, what is the most
important characteristic of incoming med-school students? - ✔✔they take an active role
in shaping their own learning experience
According to scientific evidence, which of the following statements best describes the
history of life on Earth? - ✔✔although life began relatively soon after the Earth cooled,
most major evolutionary changes occurred in the most recent quintile of Earth's history
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