States that the forces that are changing Earth's surface today are the same forces that
changed Earth's surface in the past.

The fish shown above is a tarpon. it is a fast-swimming and powerful open-water fish. its closest relatives, oddly, are burrow-dwelling conger eels that stay on the bottom. both eels and tarpon developed from snake-like larvae that float in the plankton during the first stages of life. once they mature, tarpon and eels are not found near one another in the ocean. the tarpon and the eel illustrate all of the following except

Adistinctive characteristic of mammals that is not observed in other vertebrates is

As the earth formed, the force of gravity increased due to increased mass. what effect did this increased gravity have on the forming planet?