Evidence of Common Ancestry

Which evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?

• biogeography
• fossil record
• anatomical homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?

• biogeography
• fossil record
• anatomical homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Scientists compare the limbs of organisms to look for evidence of common ancestry. These limbs provide evidence of common ancestry because they -

• perform the same function
• are the same size
• have the same basic structure
• are parts of the same animal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?

• developmental homology
• molecular homology
• anatomical homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The similarities among early stages of the embryos provide evidence that -

• these organisms evolved from a common ancestor
• the organisms all retained their gills and tails
• the organisms belong to the same species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?

• developmental homology
• molecular homology
• anatomical homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Finding fossils of coral along a highway is evidence that

• the road was once underwater

• coral used to live on land

• in the past, the area was underwater

• coral was used to build the road

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossils can be used to

• identify past environments

• identify past geologic events

• identify past climates

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When geologists find fossil shells in rock layers in the mountains, they can tell that

• the area was once sediments on the seafloor and then uplifted

• sea level must have been much higher

• the shelled animal could move on land

• large waves must have moved the shells up the mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The fossil record includes

• only fossils that have ever been found

• all fossils that exist, even if still buried

• all life that ever existed, even if it never formed a fossil

• only fossils we can identify what the organism was

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1