Evidence for Evolution Quiz

What type of structure does this image illustrate?

• Analogous structures

• Homologous structures

• Vestigial structures

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A category of structures that have a similar function, but are structurally different.

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

• Common core structures

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What type of structure does this image illustrate?

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

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A type of structure that is physically present, but does not seem to serve a significant function for an organism.

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial structure

• Standard structure

The appendix, tailbone, and wisdom teeth are all examples of what type of structure in humans?

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• Modern

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When comparing the DNA of two different organisms, the more differences in the DNA base pairs the more-

• Closely related they are.

• Distantly related they are.

• It doesn't prove anything.

• They look alike.

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

• 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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Which statement does not accurately describe natural selection?

• Individual organisms change their genes to adapt to their environment
• The genetic composition of a population changes from one generation to the next
• More advantageous traits become more common in population
• Beneficial and useful traits are inheritable

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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