Biology Final Review 2022

A shared ancestor between two or more species is called a...

• common ancestor

• variation

• recent family member

• cladogram

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Structures that are similar in arrangement, function, or both that suggest a common ancestor are called

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

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Structure found in an organism that is no longer in use but at some point may have been useful to ancestors

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

Structures that are similar in function, but not similar in structure or origin. They do NOT provide evidence of a common ancestor.

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

Which do you think are MOST closely related?

• Fish & rabbit

• Fish & man

• Rabbit & man

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Which moths in the photo are most fit?

• Dark moths

• Dark & light moths are equally fit

• Light moths

• Neither black nor dark moths are fit

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Green and brown beetles live on trees. The green beetles are more easily seen by birds and eaten. Brown beetles are more likely to survive longer, reproduce, and pass on their traits. What is this process called?

• Natural Selection

• Inheritance of Acquired Traits

• Variation

• Overproduction

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An elephant's trunk is long and able to move in such a way that the elephant can pick things up (like food and water!). This is an example of _______

• Adaptation

• Acquired Trait

• Variation

• Cladistics

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According to the cladogram, which organisms have retractable claws?

• Lion & house cat

• Brown bear, lion & house cat

• Brown bear & platypus

• All of them

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Compare the human, horse, dolphin, and bat limbs. What type of structures are these?

• Homologous structures

• Vestigial structures

• Analogous structures

• None of these

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