GENERAL GEOLOGY

GEOLOGY

PALEONTOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Figure 14-1, the correct chronological order of organisms as they developed are ____
A
jawed fish, dinosaurs, prokaryotes, birds
B
prokaryotes, jawed fish, dinosaurs, birds
C
birds, dinosaurs, jawed fish, prokaryotes
D
dinosaurs, jawed fish, birds, prokaryotes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The hard parts of the organism mineralize. The organism is buried in sediment. The organism dies. The surrounding sediment hardens to form rock.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct descending sequence of taxonomic categories, also known as the taxonomic hierarchy, is Kingdom, Phylum or Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yet without them we may not be here at all. Prokaryotes were the earliest life forms, simple creatures that fed on carbon compounds that were accumulating in Earth’s early oceans. Slowly, other organisms evolved that used the Sun’s energy, along with compounds such as sulfides, to generate their own energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prokaryotes existed for over a billion years before eukaryotes. Eukaryotes evolved in the presence of prokaryotes and so became dependent on them.

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