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Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

• fossil record
• comparing embryology
• comparing biochemistry
• comparing anatomy

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Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human
• grey wolf
• tiger snake
• monarch butterfly

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This cat is a member of which genus and species?

• Lynx rufus
• Puma concolor
• Lynx Canadensis
• Herpailurus yaguarondi

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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
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish
• grasshopper
• perch
• frog

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Which field of science is best used to support the Theory of Evolution by natural selection?

• ecology

• genetics

• geology

• animal behavior

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A scientist described two modern-day species as sharing a common ancestor. What does it mean when two species share a common ancestor/

• It means that the two species are actually the same species

• It means that one of the species evolved from other species

• It means that both species evolved from one species that lived in the past.

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Scientist who studies prehistoric life

• geologist

• biologist

• paleontologist

• cardiologist

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An ancestor is

• a related organism from a previous generation

• a part of an organism (for example, one or more bones)

• a more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population

• having died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth

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