Science 7 Chapter 5 Review

A fossil is a ____ of a plant or animal.

(HINT: See pg. 89 in your textbook)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Only the hard parts of animals, such as bones or teeth, can become fossils.

(HINT: See pg. 90 in your textbook)

• true

• false

Which two theories contributed to Charles Darwin's thinking leading up to the theory of evolution?

(HINT: See pg. 93 in your textbook.)

• creationism

• catastrophism

• the theory of the fixity of species

• uniformitarianism

• the theory of acquired characteristics

What did Darwin observe, collect, or take note of during his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle?

(HINT: See pg. 94 in your textbook.)

• animal specimens

• fossil specimens

• local geology

• plant specimens

What does the expression, "survival of the fittest" mean?

(HINT: See pg. 95 in your textbook.)

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

According to the modern synthesis, new traits are produced by ____.

(HINT: See pg. 96 in your textbook.)

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Absolute dating measures the ration of stable and unstable ____ to determine the age of rocks.

(HINT: See pg. 97 in your textbook.)

Evolutionists believe that similar organisms evolved from a(n) ____ .

(HINT: See pg. 98 in your textbook.)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The foreleg bones of frogs and foxes are similar. What would an evolutionist call this an example of?

(HINT: See pg. 100 in your textbook.)

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• evolutionary structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The fossil record contains many kinds of organisms that are still alive, and little changed today.

(HINT: See pg. 102 in your textbook.)

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2