Evidence for Evolution

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

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

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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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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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Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

• Theodor Schwann

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Rudolf Virchow

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What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

• Fossils

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

• Homologous Structures

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

_________________ show clear changes in an organism over time, the environment organisms lived in, the time period the organism lived in, and where the organism lived.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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The fossil record help scientists

• better understand the kinds of organisms that lived in the past

• better understand how the environment has changed over time

• better understand how organisms have evolved over time

• all of the above

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