Question 1

The theory that life changes over time

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Answer

Growing Up

Answer

Natural Selection

Answer

Genetics

Question 2

Which is the correct description of an adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Gradual species change to better survive the environment.

Answer

Species moving to a better place to live

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Fast change from one organism into a different species

Answer

Organisms change quickly because they want to

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT used to determine differences between organisms?

Accepted Answer

artistic drawings

Answer

fossils

Answer

comparative anatomy

Answer

DNA

Question 4

How do evolutionary scientists use fossils to support evolution

Accepted Answer

They show gradual changes in species over time.

Answer

They provide proof of future changes in structures.

Answer

By showing diversity on Earth today.

Answer

They show what species are like now.

Question 5

If a fossil in layer A has similar characteristics with a fossil found in layer D. The fossil in D is the ancestor of A.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 6

Fossils show that over time the nose ridge of the human skull grew larger.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 7

Comparative anatomy is the process by which scientists .....

Accepted Answer

study similarities and differences in anatomical structures.

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determine survival of the fittest.

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study how rock layers age around organisms.

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determine which organisms go extinct next.

Question 8

Fish and mammal embryos share features in early stages of development.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 9

Which statement is true about the development of the modern horse foot?

Accepted Answer

Modern horses have fewer foot bones than in the past.

Answer

The horse foot suddenly got smaller in modern horses.

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Modern horses have more foot bones than in the past.

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The earliest horses had two bones.

Question 10

All primates are bipedal

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 11

Archaeopteryx is considered a transitional form between dinosaurs and birds.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 12

A common ancestor is

Accepted Answer

when two species came from the same common species

Answer

a species with relatives

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when one species (like an ape) turned into another (like a human)

Answer

when two animals came from the same location

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