Evidence of Evolution

What do you call the idea that two or more species can be descended from a common ancestor?

• Natural selection
• Evolution
• Variation
• Common descent
• Common ancestor

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Today on the earth, there are both whales and dolphins. They are different species. However, they are both related to the SAME species that lived in the distant past. What do we call this species from the past?

• A Great-grandparent species
• Old species
• A common ancestor
• A common descent

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What did Darwin call the changes that a species experience over time?

• Natural selection
• Evolution
• Variation
• Common descent
• Common ancestor

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This picture of animal arms shows:

• Embryonic structures
• Homologous structures
• Vestigial structures
• Ossification structures

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Based on this this picture of animal arms, what can you infer about bats and whales?

• They have a common ancestor
• Homologous structures
• Vestigial structures
• Ossification structures

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This picture of a snake's belly shows:

• An embryonic structure
• A homologous structure
• A vestigial structure
• An ossification structure

What does it mean to "date" a fossil?

• Ask it out to the movies, and split the same popcorn
• Find out what the date was when it was formed

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The picture to the right shows embryos from a lizard, a tortoise, a pig and a human. Based on this embryonic evidence, what two species are most likely to share a recent common ancestor? (2 pts)

• Pig and Human
• Lizard and Tortoise
• Human and Lizard
• Human and Tortoise
• Pig and Lizard

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T or F? Relative dating involves measuring the amount of radiation in a fossil to determine how old it is

• True
• False

The graph below shows the radioactivity of a rock found near a fossil. A scientist has measured the amount of radiation in the rock, and found it has 10% of the original amount of radiation remaining. How old is the fossil?

• 120 years
• 0 years
• 30 years
• 60 years
• 90 years

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