Evidence of Evolution

Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

• species change over time
• extinct species are not related to living species
• different species can interbreed
• animals that look alike are most closely related

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If modern organisms have a lot of homologous structures, what inference might paleontologists make about those organisms?

• They are reptiles
• One organism evolved from the other.
• The organisms have a common ancestor

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

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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Scientists compare organisms' DNA to support the theory that all species share a common _________________

• separation
• ancestor
• population
• environment

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A dolphin (mammal) and a shark (fish) look alike due to evolving in the same place and using the same functions. What word would describe the dolphin and the shark?

• Vestigial

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Heterozygous

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Structures such as the human tailbone and appendix are present but have no use, therefore tend to decrease in size over time are known as...

• analogous

• homologous

• vestigial

• heterozygous

All vertebrates look the same in the earliest stages of embryological development because...

• they will grow up to look the same

• all embryos of all species always look the same

• they share a common ancestor

• they are all brothers and sisters

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Which scientist created the Theory of Evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Post Malone

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einstein

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