Evidence of Evolution

Which IS NOT used as evidence for evolution?

• Fossils

• Natural Selection

• Early Development/Embryos

• Body Structure/Anatomy

• DNA/Proteins

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The similarities of organisms in which two areas numbered in the picture provide the best evidence for common ancestry?

• 1 and 2
• 3 and 4
• 5 and 6
• 7 and 8

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The bones in the figure above are-

• Evidence of a common ancestor

• Evidence that animals can walk

• Evidence that fossils are old

• Evidence of nothing

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What conclusion can you draw from the fact that many modern whale species have vestigial pelvic and leg bones?

• The ancestors of whales may have been land mammals

• Whales could walk if they wanted to

• Whales are preparing to evolve into land animals

• Someday whales will be able to walk and will have legs

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The picture shows similarities among the forelimbs of three animals. The similarities provide evidence for which of the following hypotheses?

• Legs and wings may have evolved from flippers.

• All mammals have evolved from an ancestor that was a bat.

• A cat’s leg, a whales’sflipper, and a bat’s wing have identical functions

• Cats, whales, and bats had the same ancestor millions of years ago.

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Which layer is the oldest

• B
• A
• E
• C

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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?

• 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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Tiktaalik is an important ____________________because it shows how fish evolved into tetrapods.

• theory

• funny name

• transition fossil

• omnivore

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The remains of prehistoric mosquitoes have been found preserved in amber.

• comparing anatomy

• comparing cell structures

• fossil evidence

• similar embryos

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According to the diagram, which organism is older: the ammonite or the coral?

• ammonite
• coral

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