Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock? (a)  

• natural selection
• homologous structures
• Charles Darwin
• the fossil record

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How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?

• Fossils show how the sizes of certain animals has changed drastically over millions of years
• Fossils show that some species have gone extinct
• Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past
• Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time

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Similarities in bone arrangements, like those in the picture, support the hypothesis that...

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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure? (a)  

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the tailbone of a human

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What is this an example of? (a)  

• Homologous structure
• Analogous structure
• Vestigial organs
• Functional adaption

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The picture shows a/an (a)  

• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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Structures are similar in appearance but not in structure (a)  

• Vestigial 
• Homologous 
• Analogous Structures 
• Embryonic 

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry (a)  

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development (a)  

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as (a)  

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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