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Biological Evidence and the Fossil Record — Quiz

Question 5 • 26-27 - C - RUSD Biology in the Living Earth

What is the value of a transitional fossil?

Answer
A
Transitional forms are analogous fossils.
B
Transitional forms show the evolutionary steps between species.
C
Transitional forms are proof of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.
D
Transitional forms discredit the theory of evolution.

Explanation

A transitional fossil has features shared by an ancestral group and a later group. It helps show evolutionary changes between species over time, so choice B is correct. It is not simply an analogous fossil, nor does it prove one specific pattern such as punctuated equilibrium.

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