Quiz - Bio 5.16 & 5.17

Homologous structures are similar because they were inherited from a common ancestor.

• True

• False

Homologous structures provide evidence for evolution.

• True

• False

The human appendix is a structure we still have but no longer use. What type of structure is this?

• analogous

• vestigial

• homologous

What term best describes the relationship between the wings of bats and the flippers of whales?

• analogous structure

• vestigial structures

• homologous structure

_________ structures are similar because they come from a common ancestor, such as the bones in the forelimbs of mammals.

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• Homologous

When a single ancient species diversifies and gives rise to a lineage of many new species over geologic time, this phenomenon is called ________.

• adaptive radiation

• oogenesis

• geologic radiation

• symbiosis

Biogeography is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do.

• True

• False

The work of Peter and Rosemary Grant has demonstrated evolution by studying Darwin’s ____________ on the Galapagos Islands.

• plants

• finches

• penguins

• turtles

The biogeography of islands yields some of the best evidence for evolution.

• True

• False

The beak sizes of the finch populations on the Galápagos islands were studied by Peter and Rosemary Grant.

• True

• False