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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?The function of these bones is the same in all animalsThey live in similar environmentsThey have a common ancestorAll organisms resemble humans
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?fossil recordcomparing embryologycomparing biochemistrycomparing anatomy
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The structures shown are_________homologousheterologousanalogousvestigial - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The diagram shows an image of a Pterosaur wing, bat wing, and bird wing. These are all different organisms, but share similar wing structures. If these structures are similar due to common ancestry, which of the following best describes them?a. Vestigial Organb. Embryological Similaritiesc. Homologous Structuresd. Analogous Structures
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The best definition for biological evolution is?A. When Earth’s processes cause change overtime.B. When rock’s change over time.C. When a species changes overtime.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Structures that are inherited from a common ancestor are homologous.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example ofHomologous structureAnalogous structureMimicryCamoflague
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Analogous structures show common ancestry.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When did life on Earth begin?4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago3.9 to 3.5 billion years ago4.6 to 4.0 million years ago3.9 to 3.5 thousand years ago
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following places the geologic time eras in order from oldest to most recent?Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, CenozoicMesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, PrecambrianCenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, PrecambrianPrecambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce, and pass their traits onto their offspring. This is calledMutationAdaptationEvolutionNatural Selection
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An anatomical feature that no longer seams to have a purpose in the current form of an organism
Homologous structure
Analogous structure
Vestigial structure
None of the above
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The change over time in populations of related species.biological evolutiontransitionvariationadaptation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing.variationadaptationvestigial structuremutation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Body parts that function like each other, but are different in structure.embryoshomologous structuresanalogous structuresvestigial structures
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.evolutiontaxonomygroupingscientific names
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Given the information in the table, the closest evolutionary relationship most likely exists between the:Human and the gorillaHuman and the chimpanzeeChimpanzee and the gorillaHorse and the zebra
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The fossils of an extinct amphibian can be found in South America, Africa, and
Australia. Which of the following statements best describes this occurrence?These continents were once next to one another before the process of
continental drift separated them.Underwater tunnels once connected these continents.Ancient amphibians were able to swim long distances and cross oceans
that separated the continents.The same amphibians evolved separated in three different areas of the
world.