Fossil Evidence Webquest Quiz

What can we tell from the fossilized bone of the duck bill dinosaur Maiasaura? __________________________.

• It provides evidence of parental care.

• It shows the dinosaur's diet.

• It indicates the dinosaur's habitat.

• It reveals the dinosaur's size.

The forelimbs of frogs, birds, rabbits, and lizards are considered homologous because:

• They have a similar function.

• They have a common evolutionary origin.

• They are of the same size.

• They are used for locomotion.

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During some stages of development, organisms exhibit _____________ features in __________ or ____________ form.

• ancestral, embryonic, juvenile

• modern, adult, mature

• future, developed, advanced

• contemporary, grown, evolved

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Plant and animal cells are more alike than they are different.

• True

• False

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The DNA code is a homology that _______________.

• provides genetic information

• is unique to each individual

• is composed of proteins

• determines blood type

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The __________ of living things on the globe provides information about both the past histories and the __________ of the Earth.

• distribution

• evolution

• formation

• structure

• composition

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What does artificial selection tell us about selection?

• It shows how humans can influence the traits of organisms.

• It demonstrates natural selection in a controlled environment.

• It has no relation to natural selection.

• It is a process that occurs without human intervention.

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Crocodiles are more closely related to which of the following?

• Lizards

• Camels

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Which of the two methods gives us specific ages of fossils and rocks?

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

In the diagram (cladogram), which is most closely related to chimpanzees?

• Gorillas

• Banobos

• Chimpanzees

• Humans

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