RC3 Vocabulary Review

Front

The evolutionary pathways of five species are represented in the diagram above. Which statement is best supported by the diagram?

Back

Species C and Species D are related to species X

Front

Which statement can be best supported by the pictures of the embryos?

Back

Chickens are more closely related to tortoises than rabbits are.

Front

Scientists can determine relatedness among organisms by comparing partial amino acid sequences. The table shows four partial amino acid sequences from four organisms. Which organism is the least related to the other three organisms?

Back

organism 2

Front

Which resource did scientists most likely rely on to hypothesize that big cats branched off from smaller wild cats about 6 million years ago?

Back

the fossil record and DNA comparisons of big cats and small cats

Front

The opossum and the kangaroo are marsupials that incubate their immature offspring in a pouch. What does this provide evidence for?

Back

are descended from a common ancestor

Front

The similarities of organisms in which two areas numbered above provide the best evidence for common ancestry between the organisms in both locations? Options: 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8

Back

1 and 2

Front

Which of the following pairs of organisms would be the most closely related? Options: Desert iguana and Box turtle, Chuckwalla and Bush anole, Box turtle and Bush anole, Desert iguana and Chuchwalla

Back

Desert iguana and Chuchwalla