Recognize Evidence for Evolution

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using DNA to determine which organisms are related to others is called:
Homologous Chromosomes
Molecular Biology
Vestigial Structures
Pharyngeal pouches
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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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