WorksheetsEvidence for Evolution- Stated Clearly Video
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the first claim that evolution makes?
a)
All living things are related and have a common ancestor.
b)
All living things are related, except humans
c)
Humans evolved from monkeys.
d)
Living things are unrelated.
2.
How does the evolution of living things occur?
a)
by magic
b)
no one knows
c)
by natural selection
d)
by asexual reproduction
3.
To what group do whales, dolphins and porpoises belong?
a)
fish
b)
cetaceans
c)
crustaceans
d)
cephalopods
4.
From what do scientists believe cetaceans evolved?
a)
megladons
b)
organisms don't evolve
c)
a 4-legged land mammal
d)
a fish that also lived on land
5.
What characteristics do whales and dolphins share with other land mammals (check all that apply)?
a)
They breathe air with lungs.
b)
They produce milk for their young.
c)
They have placentas and give live birth.
d)
They are endothermic (warm-blooded).
6.
What do the skulls of dolphins reveal about their blowholes?
a)
They are actually gills.
b)
They are used to help attract mates.
c)
Only the dolphins' skin keeps their brains in place.
d)
They resemble two nasal passages like those in land mammals.
7.
True or False: The bones found in the forelimb (front arm) of whales are similar to those found in humans, hippos, and even bats.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What term describes anatomical features that no longer serve a purpose in the current organisms but may have been important to a common ancestor in the past
a)
vestigial structures
b)
extant appendages
c)
extinct appendages
d)
homologous structures
9.
Both human and dolphin embryos show leg buds at similar points in development. What happens to the leg buds in a dolphin embryo as it continues to grow?
a)
They continue to grow into legs.
b)
They continue to grow and develop into back fins.
c)
Dolphins hatch from eggs and do not have leg buds.
d)
They stop developing and disappear as the dolphin develops.
10.
What similar feature does an early dolphin fetus share with human and dog fetuses?
a)
gills on the side of the body
b)
blowhole on the top of the head
c)
nostril grooves on the front of the face
d)
tailbones that disappear in late embryonic development
11.
The position of the nasal opening in the skull of the Basilosaurid whale suggests a connection between which of the following organisms?
a)
whales and fish
b)
dinosaurs and whales
c)
land mammals and fish
d)
land mammals and whales
12.
What does the fossil record suggest about the Maiacetus?
a)
It appears to be a land animal.
b)
It appears to be a walking fish.
c)
It appears to be a walking whale.
d)
Nothing. The fossil record is fake, planted by evolutionary "scientists."
13.
What organism do whales share the most genetic similarities with?
a)
fish
b)
seals
c)
hippos
d)
manatees
14.
Which of the following is true?
a)
Whales evolved from hippos.
b)
Hippos evolved from whales.
c)
Whales and hippos share a common ancestor.
d)
Neither organism evolved because evolution is not real.
15.
Which of the following suggests that whales evolved from a land mammal? (Check all that apply)
a)
DNA
b)
fossil records
c)
vestigial structures
d)
homologous structures
e)
embryological development
16.
What did birds evolve from?
a)
whales
b)
chickens
c)
land mammals
d)
dinosaur-like ancestors
17.
Anatomical evidence shows that bat wings evolved from which of the following?
a)
talons and wings of birds
b)
flippers like those in dolphins
c)
flying dinosaurs like Pterodactyls
d)
five-fingered hands like those in monkeys
18.
Evidence from different fields of study support which of the following ideas?
a)
Whales evolved from hippos.
b)
All living things share a common ancestor.
c)
All living things have the exact same DNA.
d)
All living things evolved from segmented worms.
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