Evolution Concepts

What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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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

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A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.

• Ancestor
• Skeleton
• Fossil
• Imprints

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

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation
•  fitness

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which of the folllowing is an exammple of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the wings of an ostrich

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What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups

• recent common ancestry

• similar environments in the past

• evolution from a distant common ancestor

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What is speciation?

• combining of tow species to form one with different traits
• isolation that affects mating behaviors
• timing of mating that prevents normal sexual selection
• divergence of two or more species from an existing one

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Which of the following concepts is a relationship between two animals that is so close that the evolution of one species affects the evolution of the other?

• Adaptive Radiation
• Subevolution
• Coevolution
• Natural Selection