Evolution Evidence Assessment

Remains or traces of organisms that are made out of rock are called what?

• Fossils
• Fossil Record
• Evolution
• Law of Superposition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the fossil record?

• All the fossils we have ever found
• Everything we have ever learned from fossils
• All the adaptations ever recorded
• Everything we have ever learned from Charles Darwin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Based on the image below, which organism is the OLDEST?

• Trilobite
• Gastropod
• Crinoid
• Coral
• Fern

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The image below shows similar structures across different species that prove that they have a common ancestor, what do we call this?

• Homologous structures
• Vestigial structures
• Adaptations
• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Vestigial structures are...

• Body structures that no longer serve a purpose
• Similar body structures from different species that show a common ancestor
• A change in a population over time
• Any inherited trait or behavior that helps an organism to survive

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2