Question

How are scientists able to use fossils of extinct organisms as evidence?

Fossils show exactly how all extinct organisms are related to all organisms alive today.
Fossils provide weak evidence and are rarely used to show ancestry and relationships to present-day organisms.
Fossils can help scientists trace physical changes and compare how organisms looked over time.
Fossils that are deeper in the earth provide better evidence than fossils that are found closer to the surface.

Answer 1

I would say that it is...........C) Fossils can help scientists trace physical changes and compare how organisms looked over time

Answer 2

The correct C. Fossils can help scientists trace physical changes and compare how organisms looked over time.

Step-by-step explanation

Fossils are the remains of different organisms that lived in the past found in the Earth's crust. The study of these remains occurs through the science called paleontology that is responsible for discovering the age of these remains and the physical characteristics of these organisms, for them the only instrument they have are the remains that are subjected to chemical dating processes such as carbon 14, which allow the age of the organism to be established. Likewise, the remains of these organisms serve to establish a DNA relationship with current organisms and the physical changes they have had through time. So, the correct answer is C. Fossils can help scientists trace physical changes and compare how organisms looked over time.