Evidence of Evolution Vocab

Evidence of Evolution Vocab

9th - 12th Grade

13 Qs

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Evidence of Evolution Vocab

Evidence of Evolution Vocab

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-3, MS-LS4-1

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tamisine Neal

Used 58+ times

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most recent ancestral species from which two different species evolved

common ancestor

relative dating

fossil record

analogous structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Illustration of the ancestral relationship between different organisms/ species

anatomical homology or homologous structure

molecular homology

analogous structure

phylogenetic tree or cladogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Characteristic shared by two species (or other taxa) that is similar because of common ancestry such as anatomical similarities OR molecular similarities OR developmental similarities

analogous

homologous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Anatomical structures that perform the same function in different biological species and evolved from the same structure in some ancestor species

analogous structure

vestigial structure

homologous structure

sedimentary layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Similarities in genes, RNA, or amino acid sequences between different biological species

anatomical homology

molecular homology

developmental homology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Similarities in embryo development between different biological species

anatomical homology

molecular homology

developmental homology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A structure in an organism that is reduced in size and function and may have been important in the organism’s ancestor

homologous structure

vestigial structure

analogous structure

developmental structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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