Evolutionary Relationships

A change in the inherited characteristics of an organism over time is ________

• evolution.
• development.
• growth.
• ancestry.

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Another word for specific parts that form an organ, system, or living thing is __________.

• structure.
• vertebrae.
• forelimb.
• organism.

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The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved is known as ________________________.

• a common ancestor.
• an embryonic stage.
• development.
• evolution.

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Common ancestry relates to evolution because

• evolution only happens when there are common ancestors.
• Common ancestors make evolution happen more quickly.
• evolution can never take place with common ancestors.
• the more two organisms have in common, the more recent is their common ancestor during their evolution.

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The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization is called ___________

• embryonic stage.
• common ancestry.
• development.
• growth.

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The more similar the stages of embryonic development, the more likely that organisms share ____________

• a common ancestor.
• embryos.
• eggs.
• embryology.

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