Evidences of Evolution

The earliest stages of development in a chicken and fish have gill slits and a tail.

• fossil evidence
• analogous structures 
• molecular evidence
• comparing embryo structure

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The leg bones of a whale are present, even though they are no longer in use. 

• homologous structures 
• vestigial structures 
• comparing cell structures 
• comparing biochemistry 

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The base sequence in the DNA of chimpanzees and humans is 99% similar.

• molecular evidence 
• comparing anatomy
• comparing embryos
• fossil evidence 

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Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

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Which best describes these fossils?

• The oldest fossils can be found on the lower layers
• The oldest fossils can be found at the top layers
• The youngest fossils are always found on the bottom layers
• You can not tell the age of any of these fossils

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Changes in a species over time is __________.

• embryo
• evolution
• embryology
• yahoo

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The process in which organisms that possesses the most desirable traits and genes will  be successful in surviving and producing the next generation.

• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Selection

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Who is known for his development of the theory of evolution?

• a) Einstein
• b) Mendel
• c) Darwin
• d) Hooke

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What is the major type of evidence scientists use to separate New Worlds Monkeys from Old World Monkeys and Great Apes?

• Biogeography: The splitting of the continents.
• Biochemistry: DNA sequencing.
• Fossil Record
• Anatomy

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