Evidence of evolution and review

Which is the best evidence listed for the theory of evolution

• fossil record

• climate change

• numerical data

• religious information

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

• species change over time
• extinct species are not related to living species
• different species can interbreed
• animals that look alike are most closely related

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?

• the wings of a red-tailed hawk
• the hind limbs of a house cat
• the fins of sharks
• the tailbone of a human

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A biological ____________ is a group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other groups.

• species
• family
• phylogeny
• hybrid

What is Survival of the Fittest?

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Therapy

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

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The ________ represents the appearance or physical features of an organism.

• genotype

• phenotype

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

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