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Evidence for Evolution
5/09/2011
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Homework: 7-3 RR, ER (Wed)
Test: 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-5 Next Week
Evidence for Evolution
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Question 1
How do most fossils form?
A. An organism become trapped in
amber.
B. An organism becomes buried in tar.
C. An organism becomes trapped in
sediment.
Question 2
Which of these is least likely to be
learned by studying animal fossils?
A. The type of skin of the animal.
B. The type of environment the animal
lived in.
C. How animals change over time.
Question 3
True or False? The theory of evolution
proposes that organisms that have
similar DNA and proteins have evolved
from a common (same) ancestor.
Question 4
A scientist that studies fossils is called
a
A. Geologist
B. Fossilogist
C. Paleontologist
Question 5
True or False? Scientists have found
the fossils of every organism that has
ever lived on earth.
Question 6
The wing of a bird and the forelimb of a
mammal are examples of
_________structures.
Question 7
Similarities in early development of
birds and fish suggest that these
animals share a common (same)
______________.
Question 8
This theory proposes that species
evolve quickly during relatively short
periods of time.
A. Gradualism
B. Punctuated Equilibria
C. Natural Selection
Question 9
This theory proposes that evolution
happens slowly and steadily.
A. Gradualism
B. Punctuated Equilibria
C. Natural Selection
Question 10
What can be noticed about the
embryos of closely-related organisms?
A. They are very different.
B. They are similar.
C. They are exactly the same.
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