Evolution Unit Test Review

Dinosaurs were prehistoric reptiles that dominated the Earth long ago. The fossil records of Archaeopteryx, a type of dinosaur, identified certain features.What can be inferred from this information?

• Birds have evolved from certain ancient reptiles.
• Dinosaurs have evolved from certain birds.
• Flesh-eating mammals have evolved from certain ancient reptiles.
• Dinosaurs have evolved from certain flesh-eating mammals.

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Using the picture below, choose 2 ways the horses have changes over time

• the front leg and foot got longer

• the tail did not change

• the horse got bigger

• nothing changed

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The preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past are called...

• evolutionary features
• fossils
• mutations
• variations

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Scientists think that dolphins and whales may have evolved from a common ancestor.  What evidence supports this hypothesis?

• They swim the same way.
• They eat the same food.
• They live in the same area of the ocean.
• They have similar anatomies.

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Which is true about fossils?

• Fossils provide the evidence for the Law of Gravity.
• Fossils provide the evidence for the Laws of Motion.
• Fossils provide the evidence for the Theory of Evolution.

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What would indicate that a series of fossils represent evolution?

• the fossils were identical
• the fossils were found in the same layers of rock
• the fossils show similarities
• the fossils were completely different

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According to this picture, an obvious change in hominin skulls over time would be

• skull capacity

• number of eye sockets

• maxillary angle

• presence of teeth

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In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos________

• look very similar.
• have very different features.
• show different stages of development.
• have only a tail if they are non-human.

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In the the third embryonic stage (bottom row), mammal embryos _____

• have more characteristics in common with each other than with reptiles or birds.
• are still hard to tell from reptiles and birds.
• have the same features as fish, reptiles, and birds.
• do not have tails.

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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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