Biology Final Review #4

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

• adaptation
• variation
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

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Vertebrate embryos pass through similar stages of development is evidence for

• use and disuse
• homologous structures
• common ancestry
• acquired characteristics

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The fossil record provides evidence that 

• Fossils cannot be dated.
• All species were formed during Earth’s formation and have changed little since then.
• The fossilized species have no connection to today’s species.
• Older species gave rise to more-recent species.

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Structures that share a common ancestry or are similar because they are modified versions of structures from a common ancestor that contain the same basic bone structure are

• Not related.
• Not homologous. 
• Homologous.
• Young in origin.

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The process in which organisms with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and to produce offspring is

• Natural Selection
• Origin of Species
• Genetic Principles
• Trait Mechanism

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Which scientist started the modern Theory of Evolution?

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Hooke

• James Watson

• Charles Darwin

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Look at the picture. What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures

• embryology

• homologous structures

• fossil record

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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Which of the following 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 tailbone of a human

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Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock?

• natural selection

• homologous structures

• Charles Darwin

• the fossil record

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