Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

Darwin's explanation for evolution was dependent on which scientific concept?

• The ability of organisms to learn

• The existence of variations in a population

• The significance of social behaviors to survival

• The relationship between size and survival

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Studying the differences between fossils and modern organisms helps scientists better understand the-

• role of mutation in the life functions

• primary function of key macromolecules

• adaptation of organisms through acquired traits 

• evolution of organisms over time

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Five species of frogs that live in separate habitats within 5 non-overlapping ranges along the Mississippi River share a common ancestor.  Which process is most likely responsible for the formation of these five distinct species?

• Geographic isolation

• Physiological isolation

• Behavioral isolation

• Reproductive isolation

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A group of ponies lives in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Reserve in Virginia.  The development of longer legs over time would be selected for if-

• it prohibited the long-legged ponies from using available food sources

• it made the long-legged ponies run more slowly

• it increased the survival rate of the long-legged ponies

• it decreased the rate of reproduction of the long-legged ponies

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The diagram shown represents a cross-section of undisturbed rock layers.  A scientist discovers bones of a complex vertebrate species in layer B and C.  In which layer would an earlier, less complex form of this vertebrate most likely first appear?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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In a certain area of undisturbed layers of rock, fossils of horseshoe crabs my be found in the upper layer, and a lower layer contains fossils of trilobites.  Trilobites are extinct aquatic arthropods resembling modern horseshoe crabs.  This information suggest that-

• horseshoe crabs will soon become extinct

• horseshoe crabs and trilobites are completely unrelated organisms

• horseshoe crabs may have evolved from trilobites

• trilobites may have evolved from horseshoe crabs

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The leg structures of many different vertebrates are quite similar in number and location of bones.  Most scientists would probably explain this on the basis of-

• needs of the organism

• common ancestry

• chance occurrence

• inheritance of acquired traits

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The introduction of new genes into the gene pool of a population occurs through the process of

• survival of the fittest

• competition between organisms

• mutation

• overproduction

The fact that vertebrate embryos pass through  similar stages of development is evidence for

• acquired characteristics

• homologous structures

• use and disuse

• common ancestry

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The diagram shown illustrate three homologous structures.  The structural similarities represented in the diagrams are considered supporting evidence for

• the heterotroph hypothesis

• a common ancestry

• use and disuse

• geographic isolation

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