Base your answers to questions 1 and 2 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.
Letters A through ) represent different species of organisms. The vertical distances between the dotted lines
represent long periods of time in which major environmental changes occurred.
F
C
G
H
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B
E
B
Time
D
В
20
A
В
1. Do all the animals represented by these letters have a common ancestor? Use information from the
diagram to explain your answer.
2. Which animal (letter) became extinct the earliest? Use information from the diagram to explain your
answer.

the correct answer is c   with the systems

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!