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Evidence of evolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?

Hippopotamus

Baleen Whale

Grazing Mammals

Camels

The solidified remain or imprint of a once living thing are called:

Fossils

Homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

DNA

What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

Fossils

Vestigial Structures

DNA

Homologous Structures

What type of evidence is shown in this picture?

Fossils

Homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

DNA

What type of evidence are shown in the picture above?

Fossils

Embryology

Homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment

The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor

The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases

All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs

According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to:

Species I

Species II

Species III

Species IV

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Which of the following is true regarding the evidence of evolution

Vestigial structures are not real evidence of evolution.

Homologous structures and fossils are the most dependable forms of evidence.

Comparing DNA is the most definitive and accurate method to show evolutionary relationships.

Embryology and Homologous structures do not support the theory of evolution.

10.

Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

dinosaurs ate plants

dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals

they lived at the same time

dinosaurs lived before the mammals

11.

Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

DNA

vestigial structures

homologous structures

embryology

12.

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as

vestigial structures

analogous structures

homologous structures

fossil structures

13.

The gradual change in species over time is...

Evolution

Nucleotide

Adaptation

Natural Selection

14.

Marsupials can't fly or swim,yet they are found on different continents.What piece of evidence?

Fossil Record

Homologous structures

Analogous structures

Geographic distribution

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Evidence of evolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 15mins

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