Evolution Vocab Quiz #2 (Words 7-12)

Extinction is...

• A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.

• gaps in the fossil record

• The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth.

• change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

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"Missing Link," in evolutionary terms, means...

• change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

• gaps in the fossil record

• when a piece of a chain is gone

• When a species no longer has any known living individuals.

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Homologous structures are...

• similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor

• The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth.

• A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil on the basis of the amount of a radioactive element/chemical it contains

• change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

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The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth are called...

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Radioactive dating is...

• A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil on the basis of the amount of a radioactive element/chemical it contains

• A technique showing similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor

• A technique showing a change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

• When there are gaps in the fossil record

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Mutation means...

• A change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

• any difference between organisms of the same species

• the variety of organisms that exist on earth

• the gradual change in a species over time

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SD: What does the story of the Peppered Moth provide provide evidence for?

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ATD: What are two traits true of ONLY natural selection, two traits true of ONLY artificial selection, and two traits true for BOTH?

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SD: 1) Something that works for me or that I like about science class is...

2) If I could, something that I would change about science class would be...

ATD: Explain how DNA Comparison and Comparative Anatomy are similar and different ways of providing evidence for evolution.

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