Evolution Introduction

According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to: 

• Amphibians

• Sharks

• Ray Finned Fish

• Crocodiles

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According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish

• grasshopper

• perch

• frog

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What type of evidence did was most likely use to reach his conclusion of species with similar DNA are closely related?

• fossil evidence

• structural evidence

• genetic evidence

• evidence from developmental patterns

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_____________________are features present in modern organisms which are no longer in use.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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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The picture shows a/an ___________

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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The changes of species over time

• Embryonic 

• Natural selection 

• Mimicry 

• Evolution 

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The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

• The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment

• The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor

• The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases

• All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs

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Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

• Theodor Schwann

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Rudolf Virchow

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How do fossils show the comparison from ancient to modern species?

• Ancient organisms are similar to moderns; yet differ in several ways

• Ancient organisms were a different size compared to modern; otherwise identical

• Ancient and modern species are the exact same

• Ancient and modern species have nothing in common

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