Evidence Of Evolution

Question 1

Paleontology is the study of?

Answer 1

Fossils

Question 2

What did fossils help show?

Answer 2

How extensive evolution can be

Question 3

The three ways fossils can be dated are?

Answer 3

1) Rock layers
2) The decay rate of carbon-14
3) Geography

Question 4

Embryology is the study of

Answer 4

Embryos

Question 5

Why is embryology evidence of evolution?

Answer 5

Because all embryos look alike!

Question 6

Morphological homologous is the study of?

Answer 6

Anatomy of various animals

Question 7

The two morphological structures are?

Answer 7

1) Analogous structures
2) Homologous structures

Question 8

Analogous structures show?

Answer 8

How animals have different structures but same function so there is a pressure for that type of adaptation.
(Convergent evolution)

Question 9

Homologous structures show?

Answer 9

How animals have same structures but different uses for them.
(Shows divergent evolution)

Question 10

Molecular Biology studies?

Answer 10

The difference in # nucleotide and amino acids between different organisms to test for relatedness

Question 11

I’m cladograms the ____ ____ is usually the first dot before the ____ ____. Which is LEAST related.

Answer 11

1) Common ancestor
2) Out group