3/4 - 3/8 Bell Work Fossils, Evolution, & Embryology

When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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What is a weakness for the theory of evolution?

• gaps in the fossil record
• natural selection
• DNA studies
• embryology

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• fossil record
• homologous structures
• embryology

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Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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What are the evidences for Evolution?

• Fossil Records
• Embryology
• Similar body structure
• All the above

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died
• a group of organisms that can reproduce
• a structure or organ that no longer functions
• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

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Which of the folllowing 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 wings of an ostrich

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What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups

• recent common ancestry

• similar environments in the past

• evolution from a distant common ancestor

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