Author Question: The most widely accepted explanation for chains of volcanoes in the oceans and lines of volcanoes on ... (Read 156 times)

jwb375 · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

The most widely accepted explanation for chains of volcanoes in the oceans and lines of volcanoes on land is that they formed at ____.
A)divergent plate boundaries
B)normal faults
C)hot spots
D)convergent plate boundaries
E)transform faults

Question 2

Briefly explain how the concept of punctuated equilibrium is compatible with the fossil record.

trog · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

The fossil record is incomplete by virtue of the process of fossilization. Organisms that exist over long periods of time have a much greater chance of being preserved than the transitional species which developed and lived during a very short time span, as small geographically isolated populations.