Evidence of Evolution

The picture shown is an example of

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Fossils

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Which process of evolution is demonstrated below?

• Comparative anatomy

• Homologous structures

• Comparative embryology

• Vestigial structures

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Which evidence for evolution is shown below?

• Comparative embryology

• Homologous structures

• Biochemical evidence

• Vestigial structures

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The bones in the figure above are-

• Evidence of a common ancestor

• Evidence that animals can walk

• Evidence that fossils are old

• Evidence of nothing

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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

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

• 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

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

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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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Which layer is the oldest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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The similarities of organisms in which two areas numbered in the picture provide the best evidence for common ancestry?

• 1 and 2
• 3 and 4
• 5 and 6
• 7 and 8

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Structures that are similar but their function may be different.

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• DNA

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