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Which animals and features did Darwin study on his journey to the Galapagos Islands?

• Finches' wings and alligators' tails
• Lizards' claws and finches' beaks.
• Lizards' claws and finches' wings
• The camels' eyes and penguins' teeth.

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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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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 organisms are most closely related?

• Equus caballas (Horse) & Equus burchellii (Zebra)
• Cyanea artica (Jellyfish) &
  Ctenodiscus crispatus (Mud Starfish)
• Naja naja (cobra) & Glycine max (soya bean)
• Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star) & Brassica nigra (black mustard)

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An original species from which all other species evolved.

• Fossil
• Natural Selection
• Descendant
• Common Ancestor

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English naturalist-studied plants & animals-set forth the Theory of Evolution

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Brown

• Galapagos Island

• Devin Darwin

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The forelimbs of humans, cats, whales, and bats are similar in structure due to having a common ancestor hundreds of millions of years ago. Is this considered homolgy or analogy?

• Homology

• Analogy

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Which kind of a structure is it? A bird's wing and a human forearm

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• Pharygeal Pouch

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The more classification levels that two organisms share,

• the closer together on earth they live.

• the easier it is to tell them apart.

• the more related they become because of many shared characteristics.

• the more distance is between them due to lack of shared characteristics.

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Phylogeny can be described as the study of:

• How species interact with each another

• How species interact with habitats

• How species are related genetically

• How organisms mature over time

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