AP Bio Common Ancestry

The study of the similarities and differences of body structures of different species

• comparative embryology

• comparative anatomy

• evolution

• fossil evidence

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What are the different types of evidence for evolution?

• fossils

• DNA similarities

• similarities in embryos

• similarities in anatomy

• all of the above

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Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age

• fossil evidence

• anatomical evidence

• embryological evidence

• genetic evidence

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A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material

• species

• population

• organisms

• animals

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An explanation for how living things change over time.

• Natural selection

• Genetic Variation

• Theory of Evolution

• Survival of the fittest

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complex life forms are in the newest rocks.

• true

• false

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In rocks more than 1 billion years old, you would find a single-celled organism.

• True

• False

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Which of these best describes an evolutionary common ancestor?

• a modern-day species that has many related species living today

• an ancestral species that is shared by multiple modern-day species

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The evolutionary tree below shows the relationships between three groups of organisms: fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

• the common ancestor of fish and reptiles, but not amphibians

• the common ancestor of fish and amphibians, but not reptiles

• the common ancestor of fish, amphibians, and reptiles

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According to scientists, whales are more closely related to lemurs than to clownfish.

Which evolutionary tree correctly shows the relationship between whales, lemurs, and clownfish?

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