Classification and Evidence of Evolution Quiz

The remains of prehistoric mosquitoes have been found preserved in amber.

• comparing anatomy
• comparing cell structures
• fossil evidence 
• similar embryos 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The flipper of a whale and the arm of a human have a similar bone structure.

• similar biochemistry 
• homologous structures 
• similar embryos
• molecular evidence 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The earliest stages of development in a chicken and fish have gill slits and a tail.

• fossil evidence
• analogous structures 
• molecular evidence
• comparing embryo structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The leg bones of a whale are present, even though they are no longer in use. 

• homologous structures 
• vestigial structures 
• comparing cell structures 
• comparing biochemistry 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The remains of a human and a mammoth have been found preserved in ice.

• analogous structures 
• comparing embryos
• comparing anatomy
• fossil evidence 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Some humans have a non-functional muscle in their arm(s) called the palmaris longus. 

• analogous structures 
• molecular evidence
• vestigial structures
• comparing embryos

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Similarities in bone arrangements, like those in the picture, support the hypothesis that...

• these organisms are not well adapted 
• share a common ancestor
• all share the same DNA sequences
• they are members of the same species 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Homologous structures, like the forelimbs of a human, cat, whale and bat...

• have similar structures, but may have different functions
• have different structures but the same function
• are present in these organisms, but no longer functional

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The hind leg bones in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• fossils
• vestigal structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2