Evolution Final review 2024-2025

• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• vestigial structures
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the process of which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• artificial selection
• descent without modification
• inheritance of acquired characteristics
• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for

• use and disuse
• homologous structures
• common ancestry
• acquired characteristics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The remnant of an organ that had a function in an early ancestor is known as a(n)

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure
• fossil structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following are examples of evidence for evolution?

• Fossils and Cellular Structure
• Biological Structures 
• Genetics/DNA
• All of the Above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Only populations can evolve.
Individuals can not evolve.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why would a fox's fur be brown in the summer and white in a winter?

• The fox like to change fur colours.

• The changing colour of the fur help the fox blend with the surroundings

• The fox learn from its parents

• The fox like to do that

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Who are the closest living relatives to humans?

• chimpanzees

• gorillas

• lemurs

• kangaroos

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4