Embryology & Evolution

Environments have changed over millions of years. Which of these would be BEST for a scientist to study when investigating these environmental changes?

• volcanic deposits

• wave patterns

• fossil records

• ocean currents

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In the model are rock strata and fossils. The fish fossil is in the first layer of the rock strata, is this the youngest or oldest fossil in these rock strata layers?

• Youngest

• Oldest

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An animal fossil has sharp, pointy teeth. What can we infer about this animal?

• The animal lived in the water

• The animal is a carnivore (only ate meat).

• The animal lived near the beach.

• The animal is an herbivore (only ate plants).

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An organism is ______ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth.

• rare

• plentiful

• missing

• extinct

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Which of these provides the BEST evidence that the environment of Earth has changed over millions of years?

• active migration of sand dunes

• marine (water) fossils found on top of mountains

• polished appearance of rock surfaces

• none of the above

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Embryology is the study of _____.

• development

• speciation

• fossils

• embryos

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When scientists see similarities between a hippopotamus embryo and a rabbit embryo, this suggests:

• Rabbits evolved from hippopotamus.

• Hippopotamus evolved from rabbits.

• Hippopotamus share a common ancestor with rabbits.

• Hippopotamus and rabbits share the same traits.

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An embryo can include animals and plants in the early stages of development.

• True

• False

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How does embryology support the Theory of Evolution?

• It shows that embryos who develop similarly share a common ancestor

• It shows that embryos who develop similarly are not related to one another

• It shows that organisms have the ability to get larger

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An early type of organism that others have evolved from is called a _______ ________.

• Comparative Anatomy

• Rock Strata

• Natural Selection

• Common Ancestor

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