A scientist at a large natural history museum has

a collection of fossils that were found throughout

the world. Only a few of the fossils represent

species that are still alive on Earth today. One

reason for this is that

(1) most of the species that have ever lived on

Earth are alive today

(2) most of the species that have ever lived on

Earth are extinct

(3) fossils of only extinct species have been

found

(4) species alive today will not form any fossils

for future discovery by scientists

Question

Biology

Virginia Parsons

15 December, 07:56

A scientist at a large natural history museum has

a collection of fossils that were found throughout

the world. Only a few of the fossils represent

species that are still alive on Earth today. One

reason for this is that

(1) most of the species that have ever lived on

Earth are alive today

(2) most of the species that have ever lived on

Earth are extinct

(3) fossils of only extinct species have been

found

(4) species alive today will not form any fossils

for future discovery by scientists

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Answers (1)

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Caylee Wang · Answer 1

Scientists estimate that as much as 99.9 % of all species that have ever lived is not extinct: the correct answer is 2)

also, species alive today can still form fossils is the right conditions, those can be found today and in the future.