Carlos likes to bowl. He timed how long it took for his ball to travel the length of a an 18-m lane in the bowling alley. He plotted the final distance and time on a line graph. Carlos drew a line from this point to the origin of the graph.

Which of the following observation darwin shape his concept of descent with modification? a) species diversity declines farther from the equator. b) fewer species live on islands than on the nearest continents. c) birds live on islands located farther from the mainland than the bird's maximum nonstop flight distance. d) south american temperate plants are more similar to the tropical plants of south america than to the temperate plants of europe. e) earthquakes reshape life by causing mass extinctions.