B.9a Evidence of Common Ancestry

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9th Grade
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Emily McLemore
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a group of body structures that are similar in different species due to those species' common ancestry?
Biogeography
Anatomical homology
Cladogram
Embryo
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The study of the distribution of species on Earth in the past and present is known as ____.
Cladogram
Biogeography
Fossil record
Molecular homology
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A diagram based on patterns of shared characteristics used to predict the sequence of evolutionary events among different species is called a ____.
Cladogram
Phylogenetic tree
Fossil record
Vestigial structure
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
NGSS.MS-LS4-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The idea that similar species descend from the same original species is known as ____.
Common ancestry
Developmental homology
Anatomical homology
Homologous structures.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
NGSS.MS-LS4-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a group of similarities in the structures of embryos across different species due to those species' common ancestry?
Embryo
Developmental homology
Molecular homology
Vestigial structure
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An unborn human or animal in the early stages of development is called a(n) ____.
A) Embryo
B) Fossil record
C) Cladogram
D) Anatomical homology
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NGSS.HS-LS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A collection of remains of organisms preserved in sedimentary rock that has been arranged chronologically is known as ____.
Fossil record
Phylogenetic tree
Cladogram
Molecular homology
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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