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Evolution and Natural Selection
There are similarities and differences between organisms living today, and between organisms living today and th…
Item EN055001: Most species living today did not exist at the time life began.
Which of the following is TRUE about the species that are living on earth today?
- All species living today have existed since the time life began.
- Most species living today have existed since the time life began, but a few have appeared more recently.
- Most species living today did not exist at the time life began.
- There is no way of finding out whether all, most, or only a few species living today existed since the time life began.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 3047 |
6–8 n = 1924 |
9–12 n = 1123 |
Male n = 1432 |
Female n = 1557 |
English n = 2707 |
Other n = 264 |
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| A. | 8% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 8% | 9% |
| B. | 22% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 25% |
| C. | 48% | 46% | 52% | 50% | 46% | 49% | 42% |
| D. | 22% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 24% |