Ecology and Evolution Midterm Review

Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. Their genetics show they are closely related. What kind of structure is this?

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Vestigial

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Whales, sharks, and penguins all have streamlined bodies and fins/flippers for moving in water even though they belong in different classes of animals (mammals, fish, and birds) and are not closely related. This is an example of which type of structure?

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Vestigial

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Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial Structure

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The hind leg bones in a whale are examples of which kind of structures? Human wisdom teeth and appendix are other examples of this.

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• fossils

• vestigal structures

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The structures shown are from closely related organisms which resulted from divergent evolution. What kind of structures are these?

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

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A type of structure that is physically present, but does not seem to serve a significant function for an organism.

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial structure

• Standard structure

What evidence exists for Darwin's theory?

• Fossil record

• Comparisons of similar anatomy between species

• DNA Evidence

• All 3 of these types of evidence

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Natural selection leads to

• populations becoming better adapted over many generations.

• individuals changing to adapt to environment.

• almost nothing going extinct.

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Mutations, gene flow and choosing a "fit" mate can all lead to

• new variations.

• nothing; they make no difference.

• extinction in all cases.

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An inherited trait that helps a living thing survive in a specific environment is called a(n)

• Adaptation

• Competition

• Species

• Gene Flow

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