SOURCES OF EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION

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

• Evolution

• Growth

• Development

• Ancestry

Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock?

• natural selection

• Charles Darwin

• homologous structures

• the fossil record

Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as ___________.

• vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• DNA

• the fossil record

What type of evidence are shown in the picture above?

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

Body parts similar in structure and origin

• evolution

• embryology

• homologous

• variation

Which structure is shown in the picture?

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• DNA

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

The image shows an example of..

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• embryonic stucture

The image shows an example of..

• vestigial structure

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• embryonic structure

Which IS NOT used as evidence for evolution?

• Fossils

• Natural Selection

• Early Development/Embryos

• Body Structure/Anatomy