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Warm up 03/31/2025

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

a)

Embryological development

b)

Fossil record

c)

Anatomical structures

d)

DNA sequencing

2.

Based off of the bone structure of humans and snakes, which of the following can we conclude?

a)

Humans are an ancestor of snakes

b)

One of the ancestors of snakes had legs, which they no longer use

c)

Humans will eventually become snakes

d)

Snakes have legs that they still use

3.

Using this fossil record, which statement below is true?

a)

The T-rex lived before the Devonian fish

b)

Trilobites lived in multiple time periods

c)

The mammoth and the T-rex lived close together in time.

d)

The Devonian fish is the oldest fossil ever found.

4.

Why is the fossil record considered the strongest evidence for evolution?

a)

They provide physical examples of living things changing over time

b)

Fossils are very easy to find, making this type of evidence very common

c)

They show organisms developing from early stages of life until they die.

5.

Which of the following have a similar structures but have a different function in each organism?

a)

A dolphin fin and a shark fin

b)

Human fingernails and monkey fingernails

c)

Front leg of a cat and the wing of a bat

d)

The wing of a bumble bee and the wing of a bird

6.

What is artificial selection?

a)

humans breed organisms for certain characteristics

b)

individuals that are better adapted to their environment

c)

inherited traits in a population change over generation

d)

Charles Darwin noted the differences among finches

7.

Which of these answers best describes the relationship between a human’s forearm and a bat’s wing?

a)

similar physical structures with similar functions

b)

different physical structures with similar functions

c)

similar physical structures with different functions

d)

different physical structures with different functions

8.
Structures that are inherited from a common ancestor are homologous.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
10.
Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry
a)
vestigial structures
b)
homologous structures
c)
adaptive radiation
d)
fossil