3.4 Quizizz

True or False?

Whales descended from fish that were much smaller millions of years ago.

• True

• False

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Select the option that would NOT give us good evidence for the pakicetus being an ancient ancestor species of the modern blue whale.

• The fossil record showing gradual changes throughout millions of years

• Pakicetus and blue whales having similar bone structures

• Blue whales having bone structures that used to be legs

• Blue whales and pakicetus fossils being found in the same geographic location

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The archaeopteryx is a feathered dinosaur that shows the transition from dinosaurs to bird species. This is a good example of ____________.

• the fossil record

• index fossils

• the geologic time scale

• analogous structures

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A whale has multiple compartments in its stomach just like ruminants (cows, sheep, goats).

What does this infer about whales and ruminants?

• Whales evolved into ruminants millions of years ago

• It does not infer anything about the relationship between the two species

• They must have evolved the same trait but separately

• They must have a common ancestor that had multiple stomachs

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According to this cladogram, which two organisms are the most closely related?

• Pig and deer

• Whale and hippo

• Camel and cow

• Cow and deer

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Cladograms tell us...

• How a group of species is related through shared traits

• How a group of species evolved from one another

• How a group of species is interconnected in an ecosystem

• How a group of species become more advanced organisms

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Scientists are studying the evolutionary history of a species of animal. Which option would give them the best clues about this species' evolutionary history?

• Soft tissues such as muscle or gills that don't fossilize well

• Fossil record evidence indicating homologous structures

• Current data about this species diet and behavior

• Skeletal remains of a specimen that passed away recently

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The wings of birds, bats and butterflies all evolved to serve the same function of flying.

This is a good example of...

• Homologous Structures

• Organisms that can be put on the same branch of a cladogram

• Analogous Structures

• Organisms that share a recent common ancestor

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The wings of birds, bats and butterflies all evolved to serve the same function of flying.

This is a good example of...

• Homologous Structures

• Organisms that can be put on the same branch of a cladogram

• Analogous Structures

• Organisms that share a recent common ancestor

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