Evidence For Evolution

Question 1

Evidences:

Answer 1

1) fossil records
2) comparative anatomy
3) comparative embryology
4) molecular biology
5) biogeography

Question 2

A record of the history of life on Earth

Answer 2

Fossils

Question 3

Missing link between reptiles and birds

Answer 3

Archaeopteryx

Question 4

They discovered fossils of many transitional forms

Answer 4

Paleontologists

Question 5

View of life that predicts evolutionary transitions should leave signs in fossil records

Answer 5

Darwinian View of life

Question 6

Structures under comparative anatomy

Answer 6

1) Homologous
2) Analogous
3) Vestigial

Question 7

Superficial similarities that reflect an adaptation reflective of similar environments.

Not a descent from a common ancestor

Answer 7

Analogous Structures

Question 8

Anatomical resemblances between organisms that represent variations on a structural theme that was present in a common ancestor

Answer 8

Homologous Structure

Question 9

Remnants of structures that served important functions in the organism’s ancestors

Answer 9

Vestigial Structures

Question 10

Leftover traces of evolution that serve no purpose

Answer 10

Vestigial organs

Question 11

Closely related organsims go through similar stages in their embryonic development

Answer 11

Embryology

Question 12

T or F

All vertebrae embryos go through a stage in which they have gill pouches and tails

Answer 12

T

Question 13

The use of geography to describe the distribution of species

Answer 13

Biogeography

Question 14

After Pangea separated, similar species diverged due to different environments

Answer 14

Divergent evolution

Question 15

Related species from different regions around the world converge or begin to look alike when found in similar

Answer 15

Convergent evolution