Evidence of Evolution

The picture shown is an example of

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

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-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

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

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

Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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

• Hippopotamus 
• Baleen Whale
• Grazing Mammals
• Camels

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

When comparing the DNA of two different organisms, the more differences in the DNA base pairs the more-

• Closely related they are.

• Distantly related they are.

• It doesn't prove anything.

• They look alike.