Evolution Test Review

The changes of species over time

• Embryonic 

• Natural selection 

• Mimicry 

• Evolution 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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The opossum and kangaroo both incubate their young in a pouch. This provides evidence that they---

• are descended from a common ancestor

• Have very similar skeletal structures

• belong to the same species

• must range great distances to eat

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If two organisms have similar traits of DNA they are probably

• share a common ancestor

• share a common environment

• share a common population

• speciation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Structures are similar in appearance but not in structure

• Vestigial 

• Homologous 

• Analogous Structures 

• Embryonic 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock?

• natural selection

• homologous structures

• Charles Darwin

• the fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is this an example of?

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial organs

• Functional adaption

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The appendix, which is not needed to survive, is conisdered to be a

• Homologous Structure

• Analagous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which best explains why the birds evolved with differently shaped beaks?

• They interbred with each other.

• Some birds had defective gene pools.

• All of the birds ate the same type of food.

• They adapted to eating different types of food.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Human arms, whale fins, and bat wings share the same number of bones in each place. Why?

• They all need to be able to do the same thing with their limbs.

• There is only one number of bones that all animals have in their limbs.

• They share a common ancestor and diverged over time.

• They lived in the same place and slowly developed the same number of bones.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which is the main cause of the variation in traits within a population of organisms?

• genetic mutations

• common ancestors

• reduction of habitats

• environmental conditions

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4