Evidence of EVO/NS Entrance Ticket

Where are the youngest fossils found?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Homologies in bone structure, but difference in function like those illustrated in the image, demonstrates evidence that

• these organisms are not well adapted

• these organism share common ancestry

• these organisms all share the same DNA sequences

• these organisms are members of the same species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What conclusions can be made based on this table shown?

• The American black bear and the giant panda are most closely related

• The red panda and the racoon are the most closely related

• The giant panda and the red panda are most closely related

• The giant panda and the racoon are most closely related

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The picture shows the members of the Camelidae family. The physical features and the geographical origin of these animals provide biogeographical evidence that -

• They live in the same type of environment.

• have slowly evolved to become herbivores.

• exchanged DNA in the past.

• have a common ancestor.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In a population of birds, intermediate beak size is selected against, and both very small and very large beak sizes are favored. What type of selection is this an example of?

• directional

• disruptive

• normal

• stabilizing

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Natural selection results in change overtime by acting on traits that are

• heritable.

• new.

• mutated

• better.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The transfer of genes from one population to another due to migration into or out of a population.

• Genetic Drift

• Natural Selection

• Gene Flow

• Gene Expression

A change in the frequency of a gene variant (allele) in a population due to a random event.

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Frequency

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

Darwin observed many finch species on the Galapagos Islands. To explain these observations, he proposed that each species evolved from the same common ancestor, which was a finch species that migrated to the islands from the mainland. What additional evidence did Darwin use to support his explanation?

• The finch populations were very numerous, and different species often bred with one another.

• The finch species lived in different habitats on different islands, which isolated them from one another.

• The finch species were distributed evenly among all of the islands, but did not interbreed.

• The beaks of the finches were identical, allowing them to eat the same foods on any of the islands.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How often a specific gene shows up in a population’s gene pool?

• Mutation

• Recombination

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Frequency

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3