Evolution Quiz

Match the following

• embryology

• the study of fossils or extinct organisms

• palentology

• comparing DNA and protein sequences to show evolutionary relationships

• biochemistry

• the study of an organism's structures

• biogeography

• the study of the distribution of organisms around the world

• morphology

• the study of embryos and their development

paleontology ages are known from ​ (a)   ​ and (b)  

• absolute dating
• relative dating
• carbon dating
• fossil records
• radiometric dating
• stratigraphy

biogeography explains why ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   live where they do

• animals
• plants
• rocks
• oceans
• cars
• deserts

Match the following

• analogous

• structures similar in function, but different in structure (do not indicate common ancestry)

• vestigial

• remnants of once useful organs/structures

• homologous

• structures with similar structure, but different function

3 types of structures

• homologous

• vestigial

• morphology

• analogous

biochemistry includes the analysis and comparison of ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• protein sequences
• DNA
• lipid structures
• RNA molecules
• carbohydrate functions
• enzyme mechanisms