Biological Evidence of Evolution

Which type of animal is most closely related to a mammal, based on heart structure?

• Fish

• Bird

• Turtle

• Frog

The ancestors of whales had back legs. Small leg bones still protrude from the skeletons of whales today, although modern whales no longer use legs. These leftover structures are

• Fossils

• Adaptations

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous structures

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When organisms develop variations that make them better suited to their environment, these variations are called

• Adaptations

• Mutations

• Acquired characteristics

• Punctuated equilibrium

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What is the study of the earliest development of an organism, before it’s born, called?

• Adaptation

• Relative Dating

• Embryology

• Gradualism

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What is a species?

• Any group of organisms that  can breed

• Any group of organisms that can breed and produce babies who are also capable of breeding

• Any group of organisms that can breed with members of another species

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One English moth species has both light and dark colored individuals. The light colored moths are more numerous because they blend in with the light colored lichens common to English trees. These moths will likely survive to pass on genes to future generations. This is an example of

• Mutation

• Evolution

• Dominant genes

• Fossilization

What do transitional fossils best support?

• The theory of biological evolution

• The law of superposition

• The theory of geological evolution

• The theory of continental drift

Butterflies and birds use their wings to fly, but the structure of their wings is different because the wings did not evolve from a common ancestor. These are an example of __________ structures.

• Vestigial

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Embryological

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As shown in the picture, dolphin flippers, bat wings, human arms, and frog legs all have similar structures since these animals all shared a common ancestor.  Scientists call these structures ___________________________.

• Homologous

• Vestigial

• Embryology

• Uniformitarianism

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Who was the scientist who said that species change based on survival of the fittest?

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener

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