AP Biology Evidence of Evolution

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
About how long ago did the first primates appear on Earth according to fossil evidence?
About 100 million years ago
About 100 years ago
About 2 million years ago
About 225 million years ago
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following did NOT occur during the Paleozoic Era?
The first mammals appeared on Earth.
The first chordates appeared on Earth.
There was a greater diversity of jawed fish.
Major extinctions took place.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift?
The shape of the continents
Similar fossils found on separate continents
Plant fossils found in odd places
All of the above
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands and studied a variety of species including tortoises, finches, and mockingbirds. Which type of evidence was he NOT able to use to form and support his theory?
DNA (Biochemistry) evidence
Comparative Anatomy
Biogeography (where organisms live)
Fossil evidence
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A body part in one organism that is similar in function with the body part of another is called a
homologous structure
analagous structure
vestigial structure
Pharyngial pouch
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A body part that is not used or not working by a modern organism but which was needed by its ancestors is called a
Homologous structure
Analogous Structure
Vestigial Structure
Pharyngeal Pouch
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using DNA to determine which organisms are related to others is called:
Homologous Chromosomes
Molecular Biology
Vestigial Structures
Pharyngeal pouches
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
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