Quiz - Evidence of Evolution

Match the following

• Homologous Structures

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• Embryology

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• Fossil Evidence

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• Biogeochemical Evidence

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• Analogous Structure

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When looking at the fossil record, where are the older fossils found

• more towards the surface

• deeper within the crust

• in the mantle

• in the core

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How do fossils help provide evidence for the Theory of Evolution?

• fossils show how all organisms have the exact same DNA

• fossils show that organisms had similar physical structures and how they have changed over time

• Shows how the different structures of organisms come from different origins

• fossils show how organisms may be related through DNA not structures

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Serves no useful purpose in the modern organism but did in its ancestral form.

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Adaptation

Survival of the fittest. The organism that is best able to survive and passes on its genes in the gene pool.

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Law of Superposition

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What conclusions can be made based on this table shown?

• the American black bear and the giant panda are most closely related

• the giant panda and the red panda are most closely related

• the red panda and the racoon are the most closely related

• the giant panda and the racoon are most closely related

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The picture shows the members of the Camelidae family. The physical features and the geographical origin of these animals provide evidence that - 

• they live in the same type of environment.
• have slowly evolved to become herbivores.
• have a common ancestor.
• exchanged DNA in the past.

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop

• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

• benefits for the individual, not for the population

• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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On the cladogram, which organism is the closest relative of the parrot?

• Frog

• Hare

• Caiman

• Parrot

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The lizard has all these derived characteristics EXCEPT

• Jaws

• Lungs

• Bipedal

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