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Evidence of Evolution

Authored by Katherine Porter

Science

6th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Evidence of Evolution
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The picture shown is an example of

Vestigial structures

Homologous structures

Analogous structures

Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which process of evolution is demonstrated below?

Comparative anatomy

Homologous structures

Comparative embryology

Vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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?

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

How closely related the two species are to each other.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Belong to the same species

Must range great distances to eat

Have very similar skeletal structures

Are descended from a common ancestor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

DNA studies
embryology 
extinction
fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Predict which moth would increase in population

light 
dark

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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