Quiz on Evolution and Fossils

What are homologous structures?

• Structures that are similar but have different functions and show common ancestry.

• Structures that are different but similar functions.

• Structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost their original function.

• Structures that are used to determine the age of rocks.

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Which of the following is an example of analogous structures?

• Arm of a human and wing of a bat

• Bird and butterfly wing

• Fossils and sedimentary rocks

• Embryos at different stages

What is absolute dating used for?

• Comparing embryos at different stages

• Determining the exact age of rock using radioactive materials

• Studying similarities and differences among structures

• Estimating the age of rock by comparing rock layers

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What does embryology compare?

• Fossils and their traces

• Embryos at different stages of development

• Rock layers and their ages

• Structures that have lost their function

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What is common ancestry?

• Organisms descended from a common ancestor

• Change in a population over time

• Preserved remains of organisms

• Study of rock layers

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What does evolution refer to?

• Structures that are similar but have different functions

• Change in a population or species over time

• Estimating the age of rocks

• Comparing embryos at different stages

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What is sedimentary rock?

• Rock formed from volcanic activity

• Rock formed from particles of other rocks or remains of plants and animals

• Rock used to determine the age of fossils

• Rock that shows common ancestry

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What does the fossil record tell us?

• The exact age of rocks

• History of life as documented by fossils

• Similarities among living species

• Changes in rock layers over time

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What is a fossil?

• A type of rock

• Preserved remains or traces of an organism

• A method of dating rocks

• A structure that has lost its function

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What is relative dating?

• Using radioactive materials to date rocks

• Estimating the age of rock by comparing rock layers

• Comparing embryos at different stages

• Studying similarities among structures

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