Unit 07 DCA Review Ch 14 and 15

According to the diagram, when did the common ancestor of giant pandas and spectacled bears exist? 

• 5-10 mya
• 10-15 mya
• 15-20 mya
• 20-25 mya

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale? 

• Hippopotamus 
• Baleen Whale
• Grazing Mammals
• Camels

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous
• vestigial
• variation
• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which layer is the oldest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This is a structure that was inherited but has lost most of its original function

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• homozygous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

These structures are similar from common ancestry

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• homozygous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

These structures share a common function but not structure ex) the wing of a bird and the wing of an insect

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• homozygous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2