Can anyone help with my BIOLOGY?

Question

Most of the evidence from the fossil record supports the position that?

A. several kinds of prokaryotic cells led to the kingdoms of life

B. A gradual, steady accumulation of small changes occured in evolutionary lineages

C. The first life forms arose shortly before the first oceans were formed.

D. Evolution occured in huge leaps and bounds

E. All of the above

Thanks for the help!!

Answer 1

D

Answer 2

D

A is false because fossils point to a single common ancestor which all living things share.

B is false because evolution is anything but steady and consistent.

C is false because it is known for a fact that the first life developed in the oceans where it was shielded from the deadly UV rays which blasted earth which was, back then, unshielded by an atmosphere.

E is false because A, B, and C are too.

So you are left with only D, which kind of makes sense when you think about all the mass extinctions which would have driven creatures to evolve at more a spontaneous rate.