Please choose the best description, or definition of Faunal Succession. principle stating that specific groups of organisms lived and died within a specific

time frame due to the ice age

principle stating that specific groups of fawns lived in a specific region and are

found in the rocks shoing fawns onl live in specific areas.

principle stating that specific layers of the earth have contain fauna of different

types showing biodiversity.

rinciple stating that specific groups of organisms have followed, or succeeded.

one another in a definite sequence through Earth history

Principle stating that specific groups of organisms have followed, or succeeded one another in a definite sequence through Earth history

Explanation:

Principle stating that specific groups of organisms have followed, or succeeded one another in a definite sequence through Earth history describe Faunal succession because it is a principle that indicate that fossil plants and animals succeed each other in a sequential manner even if they occur in different places. Successive strata and faunas are linked together to form composite section in the Earth's history.

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.