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单选题 Conditions that promote fossilization of soft-bodied animals include very rapid covering by sediments that create an environment that discourages decomposition. The underlined word"promote"in the sentence is closest in meaning to______
学科：生物专业英语
时间：2023-12-13 05:38:25
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Ribozymes_______A. are RNA moleculesB. all of the aboveC. act as catalystsD. can build RNA molecules
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The oldest fossils yet discovered are______A. 1.5 billion years oldB. 5 billion years oldC. 3.5 billion years oldD. 2.5 billion years old
题目3单选题
The main current hypothesis on the origin of life on earth holds that_____A. life arose by natural selectionB. meteorites brought prokaryotic cells to earthC. life arose by physical evolutionD. life arose spontaneously by chemical evolution
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Eukaryotic organisms are believed to have evolved______A. 1.5 million years agoB. 1.5 billion years agoC. 4.5 billion years agoD. 4.5 million years ago
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At one time, the animals present in these fossil beds were assigned to various modern animal groups, but most paleontologists now agree that all Tommotian fossils represent unique body forms that arose in the early Cambrian period and disappeared before the end of the period, leaving no descendants in modern animal groups. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the above sentenceA. The animals found in the Tommotian fossil bed were once thought to belong to a variety of modern animal groups, but now they are thought to have descended from a single groupB. It is unclear whether the Tommotian fossils from the early Cambrian period represent unique body forms or whether they should be assigned to various modern animal groupsC. Though at first they thought otherwise, paleontologists now agree that the animals in the Tommotian have body forms from which modern animals have descendedD. Animals in the Tommotian fossil beds were initially assigned to modern animal groups but are now thought to belong to groups that emerged and died out during the Cambrian period
题目6单选题
Conditions that promote fossilization of soft-bodied animals include very rapid covering by sediments that create an environment that discourages decomposition. The underlined word"promote"in the sentence is closest in meaning to______A. affectB. complicateC. encourageD. prevent
题目7单选题
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The rapid origin and diversification of animals is often referred to as "the Cambrian explosion." The underlined word "diversification" in the sentence is closest in meaning to______A. steady decline in numberB. gradual increase in body sizeC. emergence of many varietiesD. sudden disappearance
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