Evidence for Evolution

A change in the inherited characteristics of an organism over time is ________

• evolution.
• development.
• growth.
• ancestry.

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An ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved is known as ________________________.

• a common ancestor.

• an embryonic stage.

• development.

• evolution.

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Common ancestry relates to evolution because

• evolution only happens when there are common ancestors.
• Common ancestors make evolution happen more quickly.
• evolution can never take place with common ancestors.
• the more two organisms have in common, the more recent is their common ancestor during their evolution.

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What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

• Fossils

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

• Homologous Structures

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What type of evidence is shown in the image above?

• Fossils

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous Structures

• Biochemical/DNA

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According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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_________________ show clear changes in an organism over time, the environment organisms lived in, the time period the organism lived in, and where the organism lived.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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When vertebrates are in the early stages of development (an embryo) they all possess....

• gill slits and tails

• backbone and hands

• hands and feet

• tongue and mouth

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Tiktaalik is an important ____________________because it shows how fish evolved into tetrapods.

• theory

• vestigial structure

• transition fossil

• omnivore

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