AP Biology Evidence of Evolution

About how long ago did the first primates appear on Earth according to fossil evidence?

• About 100 million years ago

• About 100 years ago

• About 2 million years ago

• About 225 million years ago

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Which of the following did NOT occur during the Paleozoic Era?

• The first mammals appeared on Earth.

• The first chordates appeared on Earth.

• There was a greater diversity of jawed fish.

• Major extinctions took place.

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Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift?

• The shape of the continents

• Similar fossils found on separate continents

• Plant fossils found in odd places

• All of the above

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Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands and studied a variety of species including tortoises, finches, and mockingbirds. Which type of evidence was he NOT able to use to form and support his theory?

• DNA (Biochemistry) evidence

• Comparative Anatomy

• Biogeography (where organisms live)

• Fossil evidence

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A body part in one organism that is similar in function with the body part of another is called a

• homologous structure

• analagous structure

• vestigial structure

• Pharyngial pouch

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A body part that is not used or not working by a modern organism but which was needed by its ancestors is called a

• Homologous structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Pharyngeal Pouch

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Using DNA to determine which organisms are related to others is called:

• Homologous Chromosomes

• Molecular Biology

• Vestigial Structures

• Pharyngeal pouches

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Organisms that have the most DNA sequences in common

• have the same number of legs

• Are the least related

• are randomly distributed

• Are the most related

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A structure that serves the same purpose, but is not made in the same way is called

• a vestigial structure

• a homologous structure

• an analogous Structure

• a pheryngial structure

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All vertebrates have this structure which indicates that they are evolved from a distant same ancestor

• A chambered heart

• Lungs for breathing air

• kidneys to clean the blood

• Pharyngeal Pouches

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