Evidence for Evolution Quiz

What type of structures are represented in the image?

• homologous

• vestigial

• analogous

• embryos

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What type of structures are shown in the image?

• homologous

• vestigial

• analogous

• embryos

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Which is an example of a vestigial structure?

• arms

• wisdom teeth

• toes

• brain

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How does embryology provide evidence for evolution?

• the embryonic structures of different species with a more recent common ancestor are more similar

• we all have a tail as an embryo

• embryos all look the same until shortly before birth/hatching

• nothing is similar about embryos

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What does the image show?

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• embryos

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Which of the following is NOT a common topic used to support the theory of evolution?

• fossil evidence

• DNA/amino acid sequencing

• ecology

• embryology

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What is a cladogram?

• structure that serves an organism no purpose

• way to study underdeveloped organisms

• diagram used to show divergence of species from a common ancestor

• lay of fossil rock

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What is comparative anatomy?

• comparing the shape and structure of a body

• comparing types of fossils

• comparing extinct animals to modern animals

• comparing the early developmental period of animals

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What is an embryo?

• a rare fossil

• a type of pokemon

• a stage of development in animals

• the shape and size of an organism

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Who is Lucy?

• a pokemon

• the 1860's biologist who first drew and compared embryos of different species in different classes

• the champion of March Mammal Madness

• a well known set of remains often attributed by evolutionary theorists to be the "missing link" between apes and humans

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