instruction:
You are given a science question (easy-level) and four answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D"). Your task is to find the correct answer based on scientific facts, knowledge, and reasoning. Do not generate anything else apart from one of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D'. There is only one correct answer for each question.
question:
The incompleteness of the fossil record results primarily from which phenomenon?  
 (A) the frequency and irregular timing of organism speciations (B) the metamorphosis of most sedimentary rock by heat and pressure (C) the geologically rapid cycling of crust material back into the mantle (D) the rarity with which organic remains are exposed to fossil-forming conditions
answer:
D


question:
Which of the following is most consistent with the modern theory of evolution?  
 (A) Parents pass their physical traits to their offspring; those offspring with traits that help them survive in the environment are able to reproduce. (B) Parents change their physical traits in order to survive in the environment, then those parental traits are passed to their offspring. (C) Life on this planet came from another planet far out in space. (D) Living organisms have not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
answer:
A


question:
In what leaf structure is photosynthetic tissue found?  
 (A) cuticle (B) upper epidermis (C) mesophyll (D) vascular bundle
answer:

C