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Evolutionary Relationships

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species

a)

Adaptive Radiation

b)

Evolution

c)

Ancestry

d)

Common Ancestor

2.

A technique that combines single stranded DNA sequences from two species to determine how similar they are

a)

DNA

b)

DNA Hibridization

c)

moleculization

d)

DNA combination

3.

An ancestral species from which later species evolved

b)

Common species

c)

Common sense

d)

Common ancestor

4.

A family tree that shows the evolutionary relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms

a)

Phylogenetic Tree

b)

The tree of life

c)

Evolution Tree

d)

Organisms Tree

5.

fertilized egg

a)

Fetus

b)

Egg roll

c)

Zygote

d)

scramble egg

6.

hollow ball of cells

a)

DNA hybridization

b)

Zygote

c)

molecules

d)

Blastula

7.

method used by researchers that uses mutation rates in DNA to estimate the length of time that two species have been evolving independently

a)

Molecular clock

b)

Tree of life

c)

Astrology

d)

Digital clock

8.

What is human evolution?

a)

Short process of change by which primates became modern humans.

b)

Long process of change by which modern humans became primates.

c)

Long process of change by which primates became modern humans.

d)

Long process of change by which primates became apes

9.

Charles Darwin was an _____________ naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution.

a)

English

b)

American

c)

Australian

d)

Irish

10.

the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species

a)

Anatomical Embryology

b)

Theory of Evolution

c)

Comparative Embryology

d)

Evolutionary Relationships

11.

Change in a kind of organism over time, a process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

a)

Adaptations

b)

Modernization

c)

Infer

d)

Evolution

12.

the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

a)

Fetus

b)

Embryo

c)

Egg

d)

Placenta

13.

developing stage of a multicellular organism

a)

Egg

b)

Fetus

c)

Blastula

d)

Embryo

14.

female reproductive cell

a)

Egg

b)

cellulose

c)

embryo

d)

baby

15.

A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother's blood supply

a)

Blastula

b)

Placenta

c)

Embryology

d)

Fetus

16.

 the process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism

a)

Complexity

b)

Growth

c)

Evolution

d)

Development

17.

study of embryos and their development

a)

Zodiac signs

b)

Science

c)

Biology

d)

Embryology