Bio Unit 9: Q2 Evolution

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An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

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Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

• dinosaurs ate plants
• dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals
• they lived at the same time
• dinosaurs lived before the mammals

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Ostrich wings are examples of

• homologous structures
• vestigial structures
• adaptations
• traits

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

• DNA
• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• embryology

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What is embryology?

• the age of organisms
• the study of the oldest stage of development

• the life span of an organism
• the study of the earliest growth stage of development

This makes an organism more suited to its environment

• species
• lifespan
• adaptation
• mutation

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______ _________ explains how two or more organisms could evolve similar traits even though they are not related to each other, like a dolphin and a fish.

• convergent evolution
• reproductive isolation
• derived characters
• hybrid vigor

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A __________ is a branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships.

• cladogram
• table
• derived character
• relationship tree

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The system of binomial nomenclature was developed by ___________

• Linneaus
• Mayr
• Darwin
• Mr. King

__________ characters are similar characteristics that have evolved separately in two unrelated organisms. They do the same job with different structures.

• analogous
• homologous
• cladistic
• phylogenic

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