Evidence of Evolution - Quiz Review

Evidence of Evolution - Quiz Review

By Ms. Clarke

Multiple Choice

Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of

• Homologous structure
• Analogous structure
• Mimicry
• Camoflague

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

• fossil record
• comparing embryology
• comparing biochemistry
• comparing anatomy

Open Ended

What is a vestigial structure? How do they support the Theory of Evolution?

Open Ended

What is the Theory of Evolution?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following animal pairs would be expected to have most similar embryonic development?

• human and jellyfish

• horse and zebra

• polar bear and penguin

• iguana and shark

Multiple Choice

Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

Multiple Choice

Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

Multiple Choice

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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
• fossil structures

Multiple Choice

If modern organisms have a lot of homologous structures, what inference might paleontologists make about those organisms?

• They are reptiles
• One organism evolved from the other.
• The organisms have a common ancestor

Multiple Choice

What is a structure that is similar across species?

• vestigial
• homologous
• adaptaion
• variation

Open Ended

You find the fossil of a water creature while digging in the middle of a dry field.. What can you infer about how that environment has changed over time and the species that once lived there?

Open Ended

Give an example of an analogous structure.

Open Ended

Give an example of a homologous structure.