The opossum and kangaroo both incubate their young in a pouch. This provides evidence that they---

are descended from a common ancestor

Have very similar skeletal structures

must range great distances to eat

The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor

The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment

The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases

All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs

What conclusions can be made based on this table shown?

the red panda and the racoon are the most closely related

the American black bear and the giant panda are most closely related

the giant panda and the red panda are most closely related

the giant panda and the racoon are most closely related

The picture shows the members of the Camelidae family. The physical features and the geographical origin of these animals provide evidence that -

they live in the same type of environment.

have slowly evolved to become herbivores.

Which statement provides the best evidence that Ambulocetus natans is an ancestor of Basilosaurus isis?

Homologous structures occur in each fossil

Similar nitrogenous bases are found in the DNA of each fossil

The fossils were found in different locations

The youngest fossils is larger than the older fossils

Genome maps provide the DNA sequences of chromosomes. Some scientists have compared the genome maps of a hedgehog and a sloth. What do these genome maps allow the scientists to determine?

How closely related the two species are to each other.

The color patterns of the offspring of each species

How much the size ranges of the two species differ

The methods of protein synthesis that each species uses

What conclusion can you draw from the fact that many modern whale species have vestigial pelvic and leg bones?

The ancestors of whales may have been land mammals

Whales could walk if they wanted to

Whales are preparing to evolve into land animals

Someday whales will be able to walk and will have legs

Scientists discover that cells from two species of organisms are made up of similar proteins, suggesting a close evolutionary relationship. If the scientists do further biochemical analyses, which additional finding would support this conclusion?

The DNA nucleotide sequence of both organisms is similar.

The fossils of both organisms are found relatively close to each other in the fossil record.

The anatomical structure of both organisms is similar.

Both populations of organisms have undergone natural selection over time.

The fact that both these mammals incubate their immature offspring in a pouch provides evidence that they-

Are descended from a common ancestor

Must range great distances to eat

Have very similar skeletal structures

The picture shows similarities among the forelimbs of three animals. The similarities provide evidence for which of the following hypotheses?

Cats, whales, and bats had the same ancestor millions of years ago.

Legs and wings may have evolved from flippers.

All mammals have evolved from an ancestor that was a bat.

A cat’s leg, a whales’sflipper, and a bat’s wing have identical functions

How can the pattern of change in the fossil record best be explained?

The mollusks were well adapted to their stable environment. A large, sudden change occurred in their environment. After the change the mollusks with the bigger shells were better adapted for the new environment.

The mollusks were well adapted to their stable environment. The mollusks hybridized with a smaller species of mollusk. A new species of mollusk with a bigger shell resulted.

The mollusks were not well adapted to their environment. The length of the mollusks' shells changed gradually over time. The mollusks in the original population that had small shells died over a period of many years.

What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

extinct species are not related to living species

different species can interbreed

animals that look alike are most closely related

Which is not evidence for evolution?

All of these are evidence for evolution

many animals have homologous structures due to common ancestry

Many animals have vestigial structures from an ancestor

We can observe changes in life forms by observing the fossil record

How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?

Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past

Fossils show how the sizes of certain animals has changed drastically over millions of years

Fossils show that some species have gone extinct

Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time

In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos________

show different stages of development.

have only a tail if they are non-human.

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

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Scientists have found evidence that about 2.4 million years ago a gene regulating jaw muscles mutated and may have led to the more graceful human jaw we see today. The diagram below shows the skulls of 3 hominid species. Which statement below most closely explains the link between jaw size and hominid evolution?

The jaws of hominids evolved to be smaller and less protruding over time.

There appears to be no change in the jaws of hominids over time.

The jaws of hominids changed over time due to a change in brain size.

One of the accepted scientific theories describing the origin of life on Earth is known as chemical evolution. According to this theory, which of the following events would need to occur first for life to evolve?

formation of the plasma membrane

Which of the following are homologous structures?

legs on a beetle and legs on a cat

Which of the following is Thomas Malthus’ contribution to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution?

Populations tend to overpopulate and compete.

The earth is of a very old age proven by the number of rock layers.

The earth’s geography has been shaped by slow processes

Organisms mutate new parts as they need them.

In the 1800s Jean-Baptiste Lamarck offered a hypothesis about evolution called the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Which of the following is an example of how Lamarck thought animals evolved?

Giraffes once had short necks and stretched them reaching for leaves on trees, later passing the longer neck trait to their offspring.

Fish mutated the genes necessary to develop lungs and were able to eventually survive on land.

Dark moths, once outnumbered by light moths, began to survive longer and reproduce more after the industrial revolution turned the trees black.

The earth has been here so long that animals have had plenty of time to adapt to their environment through natural selection.

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

DNA studies

embryology

extinction

fossil record

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What is this an example of?

vestigial structures

embryology

homologous structures

fossil record

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Which layer is the oldest?

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

increase in number

become extinct

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

Hippopotamus

Baleen Whale

Grazing Mammals

Camels

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

very similar DNA sequence

exactly the same DNA sequences

no proteins in common

completely different DNA sequence

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The study of the early stages of development that is one evidence of evolution is:

Homologous Structures

Embryology

Vestigial Organs

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Evidence of Evolution

What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

What is this an example of?

Which layer is the oldest?

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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

Two organisms that are closely related would have

The study of the early stages of development that is one evidence of evolution is:

The opossum and kangaroo both incubate their young in a pouch. This provides evidence that they---

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 ________________

The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

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