EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION QUIZ

Preserved remains of plants and animals from earlier geologic period or time

• BIOGEOGRAPHY

• EMBRYOLOGY

• FOSSIL RECORDS

• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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Many organisms with similar characteristics distributed in different continents

• biogeography

• embryology

• fossil record

• molecular biology

Similarities in the early stages of development in fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals

• analogous structure

• embryology

• homologous structure

• vestial structure

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the structures that are similar in related organisms because they were inherited from a common ancestor and structures may or may not have the same function in the descendants?

• analogous structure

• embryology

• homologous structure

• vestial structure

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the wings of bats and birds, shown in the figure that follows, look similar on the outside and have the same function

• analogous structure

• embryology

• homologous structure

• vestial structure

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the human tailbone has reduced their size because the structures are no longer used and appendix are examples of?

• analogous structure

• embryology

• homologous structure

• vestial structure

Similar DNA sequences are the strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor.

• biogeography

• embryology

• fossil record

• molecular biology

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When light colored moth declined in dark colored environment because of predation

• biogeography

• embryology

• molecular biology

• natural selection

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Darwin studied finch birds that evolved into many finch species each adapted for a different type of food.

• biogeography

• embryology

• molecular biology

• natural selection

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Which of the following shares the highest similarities in DNA to Humans?

• banobo

• chimpanzee

• gorilla

• orangutan

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