Evidence of Evolution

Which of these is the set of remains of life found in sedimentary rock?

• natural selection

• homologous structures

• Charles Darwin

• the fossil record

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Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as _____

• vestigial structures

• mutations

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

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The study of organisms in their earliest stage of development

• embryology

• the fossil record

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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The bones of the hind legs in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• fossils

• vestigial structures

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When unrelated species evolve similar characteristics because they live in similar environments

• Divergent evolution

• Speciation

• Convergent evolution

• Punctuated equilibrium

A number of different species arise from a common ancestor

- New environments caused differences to evolve in the populations

• Convergent evolution

• Divergent evolution

• Coevolution

• Gradualism

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Variations in a population are caused by:

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Artificial Selection

• Random Mutations

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A change in the inherited characteristics of an organism over time is ________

• evolution.

• development.

• growth.

• ancestry.

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The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved is known as ________________________.

• a common ancestor.

• an embryonic stage.

• development.

• survival of the fittest.

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The wings of birds and the wings of butterflies are an example of

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

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