Evidence for Evolution- Purple Section

What are fossils?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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What is the fossil record?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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What is extinction?

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

• The impression of an organism

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Recently, scientists have been able to use ___________to find common proteins and amino acids to determine how closely related species are.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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_____________________are features present in modern organisms which are no longer in use.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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When vertebrates are in the early stages of development (an embryo) they all possess....

• gill slits and tails

• backbone and hands

• hands and feet

• tongue and mouth

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How does embryology support the Theory of Evolution?

• It shows that they have a common ancestor because of their similarities.
•          I'm not sure.
• Animals change over time. 

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What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

• Fossils

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

• Homologous Structures

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What type of evidence is shown in the image above?

• Fossils

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous Structures

• DNA

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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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