Quiz: Evidence for Evolution

Where are the oldest fossils found?

• At the lowest rock layer

• At the highest rock layer

• In the middle

• It is impossible to tell

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

• Fossils

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

• Homologous Structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What type of evidence are shown in the picture above?

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Penguin flipper and fish fin (different structures / same functions)

• Homologous

• Vestigial

• Analogous

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to evolutionary theory, all living things have a common

• Purpose

• Function

• Ancestor

• Phone Number

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Vestigial structures

• structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin

• remnants of once-important structures that have slowly lost all or most of their function

• features found in different organisms that share structural similarities but may have very different functions

• preserved remains of an organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What best describes the hind leg bones seen in the whale?

• The bones are analogous structures to the fins of living fish.

• The bones are vestigial structures that had a function in an ancestor.

• The bones are homologous structures to the wings of butterflies.

• The bones are fossil structures from an extinct ancestor.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When comparing the DNA of two different organisms, the more differences in the DNA base pairs the more-

• Closely related they are.

• Distantly related they are.

• It doesn't prove anything.

• They look alike.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

• F

• E

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1