Evidence of Evolution Review

Scientists have developed a timeline of life on earth by the studying of fossils. What do we refer to this timeline as?

• the fossil record

• evolution

• the history of primates

• natural selection

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This person proposed that the theory of evolution happens as a result of natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

• James Watson

• Rosalind Franklin

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In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos________

• look very similar.

• have very different features.

• show different stages of development.

• have only a tail if they are non-human.

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

• DNA

• vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• embryology

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Change over time is

• evolution

• generation

• growth

• biogenesis

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Adaptations are:

• physical or behavioral tendencies.

• physical or behavioral characteristics that help an organisms survive and reproduce.

• physical or behavioral characteristics that do not help the organism in any way.

• genetic mutations that have gone wrong.

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In finches (birds), what is the biggest advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• to look different from other species

• to protect itself from predators

• to be able to eat the food readily available in the environment

• to protect itself against prey

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Where those organisms that adapt best survive most

• embryology

• sedimentary rock

• natural selection

• variation

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According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism? 

• Amphibians

• Ray finned fish

• Crocodiles

• Birds

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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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