Evolution and Natural Selection

Birds wings and insect wings are analogous structures. Which can most likely be concluded?

• Insects evolved from birds.

• Birds evolved from insects.

• Birds and insects have a close common ancestor

• Birds and insects do not have a close common ancestor

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Which can scientists most likely conclude from fossil records?

• Extinction is rare

• Extinction is common

• Extinction have occured at exact intervals throughout geologic time.

• Extinctions have never occurred in plant species, only in animal species.

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Two organisms have homologous structures. Which can most likely be concluded about the two organisms?

• They are unrelated

• They are the same organism

• They share a common ancestor

• They evolved in a similar environment

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Which best supports the idea of continental drift?

• Coastlines are constantly changing shape due to erosion.

• Earthquakes are frequently felt in many regions of the world.

• Glaciers currently exist in areas considered too warm for glaciers to form.

• Fossilized remains of the same plants and animals are found on different continents.

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Which is true about fossils?

• Fossils provide the evidence for the Law of Gravity.

• Fossils provide the evidence for the Laws of Motion.

• Fossils provide the evidence for the Theory of Evolution.

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Organisms can be separated by their most basic characteristics into the broadest groups known as

• Kingdoms

• Domains

• Phyla

Which best demonstrates analogous structures in animals?

• cat fur and dog fur

• whale fins and human arms

• bird wings and insect wings

• gills in fish and lungs in mammals

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Which term refers to the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships?

• taxonomy

• tectonics

• geology

Fossils of land-dwelling mammals found in both Australia and southern Asia were discovered to have body structures believed to have evolved from a common ancestor. What does this evidence most likely suggest?

• These organisms were capable of swimming from one continent to another.

• Australia and Asia were once part of a larger continent.

• These organisms developed during the same time period.

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Which best helps scientist explore the relationship between modern organisms and ancestral species to create a system of biological classification?

• fossils

• volcanic ash

• DNA evidence

• igneous rock layers

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