Evolution Terms

An adaptation is best described as

• a trait that hurts the chance an organism survives in it's environment

• a trait that helps an organism survive in it's environment

• a short term, reversible change in an organisms over a given time period

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Fossils serve as evidence to support the theory of evolution because

• they have similar structures to modern organisms showing relatedness

• of their age and location in the layers of earth where they are found

• both of these answers are correct

• neither of these answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An example of an homologous structure is

• the fin of a fish and whale

• the leg of a dog and the arm of a human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An example of a analogous structure is

• the fin of a fish and whale

• the leg of a dog and the arm of a human

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If an animal species is found in just one place on earth, it likely evolved

• before the ancient plates separated

• after the ancient plates separated

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3