Evolution & Classification Quiz

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Evolution & Classification Quiz

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What term refers to organisms that look alike and can produce fertile offspring?

Species

Genus

Phylum

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Using this cladogram, what organism is most closely related to the house cat?

Tortoise

Wolf

Leopard

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According to this cladogram, which derived charateristic seperates the horse from the wolf?

retractable claws

Hair

carnivorous

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This is a evolutionary process in which two species evolve in response to changes in each other.

Divergent evolution

Convergent Evolution

Coevolution

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Darwin's theory that the fittest, best adapted organism for its environment will survive and reproduce.

Natural Selection

Artificial Selection

Biodiversity

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This piece of evidence for evolution is the most accurate way to prove common ancestors among organisms.

Fossils

Embryos

DNA

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The type of evidence for evolution in which structures that once had a function have evolved to be useless.

Homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

Analogous Structures

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The type of evidence for evolution in which structures are derived from the same type of tissue and have similar function. They tell us the organisms must have a common ancestor.

Analogous Structures

homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

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The type of evidence for evolution in which structures have similar use but do not indicate a common ancestor. (example: bat wings, butterfly wings, and bird wings)

Analogous Structures

Homologous Structures

Vestigial Structures

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Which type of natural selection selects for one extreme phenotype over another? (Example: dark moths are more likely to survive in an environment as opposed to white moths)

Stabilizing Selection

Disruptive Selection

Directional Selection

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