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WorksheetsQuiz on Evolution and Fossils
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are homologous structures?
Structures that are similar but have different functions and show common ancestry.
Structures that are different but similar functions.
Structures that are inherited from ancestors but have lost their original function.
Structures that are used to determine the age of rocks.
Which of the following is an example of analogous structures?
Arm of a human and wing of a bat
Bird and butterfly wing
Fossils and sedimentary rocks
Embryos at different stages
What is absolute dating used for?
Comparing embryos at different stages
Determining the exact age of rock using radioactive materials
Studying similarities and differences among structures
Estimating the age of rock by comparing rock layers
What does embryology compare?
Fossils and their traces
Embryos at different stages of development
Rock layers and their ages
Structures that have lost their function
What is common ancestry?
Organisms descended from a common ancestor
Change in a population over time
Preserved remains of organisms
Study of rock layers
What does evolution refer to?
Structures that are similar but have different functions
Change in a population or species over time
Estimating the age of rocks
Comparing embryos at different stages
What is sedimentary rock?
Rock formed from volcanic activity
Rock formed from particles of other rocks or remains of plants and animals
Rock used to determine the age of fossils
Rock that shows common ancestry
What does the fossil record tell us?
The exact age of rocks
History of life as documented by fossils
Similarities among living species
Changes in rock layers over time
What is a fossil?
A type of rock
Preserved remains or traces of an organism
A method of dating rocks
A structure that has lost its function
What is relative dating?
Using radioactive materials to date rocks
Estimating the age of rock by comparing rock layers
Comparing embryos at different stages
Studying similarities among structures
What are vestigial structures?
Structures that are similar but have different functions
Structures that are inherited but have lost much of their original function
Structures used to determine the age of rocks
Structures that show common ancestry
What does comparative anatomy study?
The age of rocks
Similarities and differences among structures of living species
Embryos at different stages
Fossils and their traces
Which method uses Carbon-14?
Relative dating
Absolute dating
Comparative anatomy
Embryology
What can embryology show about animals?
Their exact age
Their common ancestry
Their structures during early development
Their fossil records
What is the significance of fossil records?
They show the exact age of rocks
They document the history of life and changes over millions of years
They compare embryos at different stages
They study similarities among structures
