Amplify Evolutionary History Chapter 1 Quiz

More careful and precise observations provide stronger evidence.

• True

• False

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The first scientist in the article "The Cat That Wasn't a Cat at All" misidentified the fossil as that of a big cat. What body structure did he use to make his observations?

• The scientist noticed long limbs and big claws and thought it was a big cat, bigger than a lion.

• The scientist noticed short limbs and small claws and thought it was a big cat, bigger than a lion.

• The scientist noticed the fossil’s hind legs and determined that the animal probably walked on its hind legs, which cats don’t do.

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What body structure did the second scientist use to determine that the first scientist had misidentified the fossil?

• The second scientist looked at the fossil’s front legs and determined that the animal probably walked on its front legs, which cats don’t do.

• The second scientist looked at the fossil’s hind legs and determined that the animal probably walked on its hind legs, which cats don’t do.

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In the Diagram of "How You Are Like a Blue Whale" the descendants are:

• Whale and Cat

• Whale and Wolf

• Whale and Crocodile

• Whale and Human

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The Whale and Human are descendants of a common ancestor population.

• True

• False

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Species inherit body structures from ___________.

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If two living species have some of the same body structures, this means that they are __________ of a common ancestor population.

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Descendants of a common ancestor population share _________ ____________.

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The evidence "The Mystery Fossil was pregnant. If it survived, it would have had a live birth" refutes:

• Claim 1: The Mystery Fossil belongs with the whales, in the Whale (Cetacea) exhibit.

• Claim 2: The Mystery Fossil belongs with the wolves, in the Carnivore (Carnivora) exhibit.

• Claim 3: The Mystery Fossil belongs with the crocodiles, in the Reptile (Reptilia) exhibit.

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The Mystery Fossil can have shared body structures with whales and wolves.

• True

• False

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