Evolution Evidence

The fossils buried in layers near the surface tend to be younger than fossils in layers of rock well below the surface. This is an example of what type of evidende of evolution?

• Fossil record

• Molecular record

• Artificial selection

• Anatomical record

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

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• adaptive radiation
• fossil

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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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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

• species change over time
• extinct species are not related to living species
• different species can interbreed
• animals that look alike are most closely related

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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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If modern organisms have a lot of homologous structures, what inference might paleontologists make about those organisms?

• They are reptiles
• One organism evolved from the other.
• The organisms have a common ancestor

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

• evolution
• extinction
• adaptation
• natural selection

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?

• Fossils show how the sizes of certain animals has changed drastically over millions of years
• Fossils show that some species have gone extinct
• Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past
• Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time

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