Evolution & Classification of Living Things Review

Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

• dinosaurs ate plants
• dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals
• they lived at the same time
• dinosaurs lived before the mammals

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

• DNA
• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• embryology

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Which animal is Darwin known for studying?

• dinosaurs

• tunicates

• finches

• horses

Natural selection is

• survival of the fittest
• humans change
• two species are the same
• more animals survive

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This makes an organism more suited to its enviornment

• species
• lifespan
• adaptation
• mutation

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What is one reason that strawberries are surviving in the winter season?

• they have larger leaves
• they have genetic variations allowing them to be resistant to cold
• they reproduce more
• the color is dark

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The tree of life is a metaphor for what idea?

• we came from a common ancestor
• we need water and sunlight to survive
• we have multiple species
• we are old

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The binomial nomenclature (scientific name) for an organism is comprised of its _________________.

• class and family

• genus and species

• domain and kingdom

• kingdom and phylum

Peppa, the pig, is heterotrophic because he...

• makes his own food for nutrients

• consumes other organisms for nutrients

• eats only plants

• does not consume food/nutrients

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain
• organisms that share a family 
• organisms that share a genus 
• organisms that share a species