Evidence for Evolution

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Which piece of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species? Options: fossil record, comparing embryology, comparing biochemistry, comparing anatomy

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comparing anatomy

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Does the presence of homologous structures in genetically different animals suggest common ancestry?

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Yes

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What type of evidence are shown in the picture above? Options: Fossils, Embryology, Homologous Structures, Vestigial Structures

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Embryology

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What shows clear changes in an organism over time, the environment organisms lived in, the time period the organism lived in, and where the organism lived?

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Fossils

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

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Fossil D is older than fossil C

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Recently, scientists have been able to use ___________ to find common proteins and amino acids to determine how closely related species are. Options: DNA, Vestigial structures, Fossils, Homologous structures

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DNA

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What type of evidence is shown in the image above? Options: Fossils, Vestigial structures, Homologous Structures, DNA

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DNA

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According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: Species I, Species II, Species III, Species IV

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Species IV

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry

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homologous structures

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Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

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vestigial structure