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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the first organisms to live on Earth?Prokaryotic and AnaerobicProkaryotic & AerobicEukaryotic and AerobicEukaryotic & Anaerobic
- 2. Multiple Choice
The similarities in these homologous structures imply which of the following?The organisms grow in the same type of environmentsThe organisms evolved from a common ancestorTheir bones grow at similar rates of speedThe organisms have a similar life expectancy - 3. Multiple ChoiceA paleontologist is comparing the fossilized remains of two primates. Both animals had a prehensile tail. What can be concluded from this evidence?They were not related.They lived on the ground.They evolved from a common ancestor.They had bipedal locomotion.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceStructures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestryvestigial structureshomologous structuresadaptive radiationfossil
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which populations slowly change over time is called__________selective breedingadaptationsepeciationevolution
- 6. Multiple ChoiceStudy of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in developmentnatural selectionembryologyspeciationevolution
- 7. Multiple ChoiceStructures that have the same function but different structures are...homologous structuresanalogous structuresvestigial structuresembryology
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of structures are these?homologousvestigialanalogousfossil
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTwo organisms that are closely related would havevery similar DNA sequenceexactly the same DNA sequencesno proteins in commoncompletely different DNA sequence
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer is the oldestBAEC
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?Fossil A and C are the same ageFossil B is older than fossil CFossils A is older than fossil BFossil D is older than fossil C
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIf two organisms have similar traits of DNA they are probablyshare a common ancestorshare a common environmentshare a common populationspeciation
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?species change over timeextinct species are not related to living speciesdifferent species can interbreedanimals that look alike are most closely related
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes these fossils?The oldest fossils can be found on the lower layersThe oldest fossils can be found at the top layersThe youngest fossils are always found on the bottom layersYou can not tell the age of any of these fossils
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)vestigial structureanalogous structurehomologous structure
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIf species A and B have very similar genes and proteins, what is probably TRUE?species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestorspecies A evolved independently of species B for a long periodspecies A is younger than species Bspecies A is older than species B
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following pieces of evolution evidence contain both homologous and vestigial structures?fossil recordcomparing embryologycomparing biochemistrycomparing anatomy
- 18. Multiple ChoiceIf I wanted to look at DNA to study evolution, I am using what evidence?comparative anatomyembryologyfossil recordbiochemical
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