Evidence of Evolution

Which of the following best describes biological evolution?

• Change during the lifetime of an organism

• Organisms never change

• Organisms try to change to another species

• Change in the characteristics of species over several generations

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What is a transitional fossil?

• A fossil going through a hard time in it's life

• A fossil that changes into another type of fossil

• Fossilized remains that "bridge the gap" between common ancestors and descendants.

• Fossils that are found in the transitional layer of bedrock located in southeast Asia.

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_______________________________ have no immediate function or purpose in the species, but are vital to another, closely related species. No longer useful traits/behaviors/anatomy.

• Vestigial Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Convergent Structures

• Divergent Structures

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The study of the development of a fetus from conception to birth.

• Embryogenesis

• Embryo Studies

• Embryonics

• Embryology

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What does it mean to be a distinct species?

• When organisms resemble each other

• Organisms that share similar roles in an ecosystem

• When organisms can interbreed and produce viable offspring

• Organisms that are fossilized together

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_____________________________________ describe structures that do not necessarily look similar, but that retain components in common with a common ancestor.

• Vestigial Structure

• Natural Theology

• Bone spurs

• Homologous Structure

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An early stage of development in the formation of an organism.

• An embryo

• An embybro

• A fetus

• A baby

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What are the four main pieces of evolution that we covered in class?

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Darwin married...

• A supermodel

• His cousin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• The HMS Beagle

A biological mechanism whereby organisms adjust to changes in their environment through the process of natural selection over many generations.

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Convergence

• Divergence

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