Evidence For Evolution

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The diagram illustrates an embryonic stage of two organisms.

Which of the following can be determined by observing the embryos shown in the diagram

The organisms share a common ancestry.

The organisms belong to the same genus.

The organisms are native to the same geographic areas.

The organisms will grow into anatomically similar adults.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with aged and identified fossils?

fossil record

comparative embryology

comparative biochemistry

comparative anatomy

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with similar molecules in related individual species?

fossil record

comparative embryology

DNA comparison

comparative anatomy

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

fossil record

comparing embryology

comparing biochemistry

comparing anatomy

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with structures common in embryos that form differently or for different purposes in adult form?

fossil record

comparing embryology

comparing biochemistry

comparing anatomy

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence contain both homologous and vestigial structures?

fossil record

comparing embryology

comparing biochemistry

comparing anatomy

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which word is defined as the same structure in different species indicating a common ancestor?

homologous structures

vestigial structures

analogous structures

DNA

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which word is defined as a reduced form of a functional structure in 1 organism that shows up as fully functional in another?

homologous structures

vestigial structures

analogous structure

DNA

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The forelimbs of human, frog, bat, porpoise, horse are which of the following?

homologous structures

vestigial structures

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?

no evolutionary relationships between the groups

recent common ancestry

similar environments in the past

evolution from a distant common ancestor

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)

close relative

early ancestor

unrelated organism

embryological stage

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as

vestigial structures

analogous structures

homologous structures

fossil structures

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Two organisms that are closely related would have

very similar DNA sequence

exactly the same DNA sequences

no proteins in common

completely different DNA sequence

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mutations are important because they bring about

death of the organism in which they develop

genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

benefits for the individual, not for the population

Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The hind leg bones in a whale are examples of

homologous structures

analogous structures

fossils

vestigal structures

16.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Structures that no longer serve a purpose.

Homologous structures

gene pool

population

Vestigial structures

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How would you describe this evolution?

Homologous structure

Analogous structure

Structural adaption

Functional adaption

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If I wanted to look at DNA to study evolution, I am using what evidence?

comparative anatomy

embryology

fossil record

molecular

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The structures shown are_________

homologous

heterologous

analogous

vestigial

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