Evidences Test

Which of the following would be an example of homologous structures?

• the trunk of an elephant, the snout of a pig, and the nose of a dog

• the wings of a bat and the wings of a butterfly

• the tale of a dolphin and the hump on a camel’s back

• the arm bones of an ape and the front leg bones of a horse

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Which of the following would be an example of what evolutionists call a vestigial structure?

• The lack in size of the ostrich wing.

• The forelimb bones of a gorilla and a horse.

• The wings of a bat and the wings of a bird.

• The dorsal fin of a shark.

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A bird's wing and a butterfly's wing have the same function, but they have very different structures. These structures are classified as follows:

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

• embryological homologues

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Evolutionary biologists say that similarities between different species are evidence of which of the following?

• Organs shrinking and losing their function

• Formation of the first cell in an organic soup

• The presence of a common ancestor in a species

• The concept that life comes only from life

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Structures that appear to have lost size and function over the proposed evolutionary history of an organism are called ________________.

• homologous structures

• analogous strucutres

• vestigial structures

• embryology

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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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If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)

• close relative
• early ancestor
• unrelated organism
• embryological stage

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The process by which populations slowly change over time is called__________

• selective breeding
• adaptation
• sepeciation
• evolution

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Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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