Module 3.4 - Evidence of Evolution

Module 3.4 - Evidence of Evolution

Open Ended

What is some evidence of evolution (Hint: structures!)

Open Ended

Describe what fossils are.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L
• Intrusion D
• Intrusion H
• Layer E

Multiple Choice

Which of the following determines a specific date for a fossil using chemical information?

• absolute dating
• relative dating

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is defined as determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining the exact age?

• relative dating
• absolute dating

Multiple Choice

Identify the image. How does this image provide evidence for evolution?

• Homologous structures show that even animals from different species have the same basic structure, suggesting they may share one common ancestor.

• Homologous structures show that animals for different species have a variety of different structures, suggesting that each has a different ancestor.

• Analogous structures show that bones length plays a vital role in the evolution of various species.

• Analogous structures show that the same basic bone structure may be used in a variety of different functions.

Multiple Choice

The forelimbs of penguin, alligator, bat, human are which of the following?

• homologous structures
• vestigial structures

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?

• fossil record
• comparative embryology
• comparative biochemistry
• comparative anatomy

Multiple Choice

What mechanism did Darwin propose for evolution?

• natural selection
• fossil record
• use it or lose it
• biochemistry

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of?

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial organs

• Functional adaption

Multiple Choice

How does the study of embryology provide evidence for evolution?

• Even for species that look very different as adults, many species look very similar as embryos, suggesting they may share one common ancestor.

• The variety in embryo structure and form suggests that their are many different ancestors for each distinct type.

• All organisms must undergo an embryo stage of development. This suggests some degree of relatedness between species.

• Embryology shows that organisms that appear similar as embryos will also share the same similarities as adults.

Multiple Choice

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• embryology

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

Open Ended

Compare and contrast homologous and analogous structures.

Open Ended

Define the term biogeography

Multiple Choice

What is is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do?

• Evolution

• Adaptive Radiation

• Biogeography

• Biogeology

Multiple Select

Which of the following are evidence to support the theory that Pangaea existed ? Select all that apply

• Similar fossils

• Similar glaciers

• Similar rock evidence

• Same/similar mountain ranges

• Similar ocean levels

Multiple Choice

What was Pangaea?

• An extinct species of fish

• A super-continent (all the continents connected)

• A large desert that covered all of Africa at one point

• A layer of rock in the rock record from 3.4 million years ago

Multiple Choice

What was Pangaea?

• An extinct species of fish

• A super-continent (all the continents connected)

• A large desert that covered all of Africa at one point

• A layer of rock in the rock record from 3.4 million years ago

Multiple Choice

Individuals that survive long enough to reproduce have a high level of

• fitness
• adaptation
• hormones
• stamina

Multiple Choice

How is genetic drift different from natural selection?

• Genetic drift prevents natural selection.

• Genetic drift occurs by chance alone.

• Genetic drift only occurs in marine species.

• Genetic drift is a method used for breeding.

Multiple Choice

What is convergent evolution?

• evolution toward similar traits in unrelated species
• evolution toward different traits in closely related species
• elimination of a species from Earth
• the rise of two or more species from one existing species

Multiple Choice

All of the genetic information found in a population.

• population
• genetic drift
• evolution
• gene pool

Multiple Choice

What type of evolution is demonstrated in this photo?  (Hint: the bee and the flower have evolved in response to each other)

• Coevolution
• Convergent evolution
• Punctuated evolution
• Gradualistic evolution

Multiple Choice

A bumble bee has just enough weight to open up the snapdragon flower and get the nectar/pollen inside.  Other insects cannot do this. This adaption is an example of........

• convergent evolution
• co-evolution
• divergent evolution
• speciation

Multiple Choice

In convergent evolution, organisms share physical similarities because they

• have a common ancestor

• live in similar environments

• develop homologous structures

• are closely related

Multiple Choice

In convergent evolution, organisms share physical similarities because they

• have a common ancestor

• live in similar environments

• develop homologous structures

• are closely related

Multiple Choice

An ancestral species is

• a species that is the "parent" of many others

• your ancestor

• a human's predecessor

• still living today

Multiple Choice

Microevolution happens in

• species

• individuals

• populations

• households