Fossils quiz

Question 1

What are fossils?

Answer 1

The remains, traces, or imprints at once living organisms presereves in rocks.

Question 2

What are vestigial structures?

Question 3

What are homologous structures?

Answer 3

Similar body parts that might have different functions, but have similar DNA and indicate a common ancestor

Question 4

What are analogous structures?

Answer 4

Structures with a similar function but not a similar anatomy, dosent indicate a common ancestor, or shared DNA

Question 5

What is the law of superposition?

Answer 5

The farther down in the sediment a fossil is the older it is. The higher it is, the younger.

Question 5

What is anatomy?

Answer 5

The scientific study of the structure and organization of living organisms, particularly the human body

Question 6

What is embryology?

Answer 6

The branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development.

Question 7

What is DNA?

Answer 7

Molecule that stores genetic information. Sections of DNA called genes have the instructions to build proteins

We compare the DNA sequences of different organisms

Question 8

What is the term for the entire genetic material of an organism?

Answer 8

Genome

Question 9

What do we call structures found in different species that have shared ancestry?

Answer 9

Homologous Structures

Question 10

What do we call structures found in different species that are similar in function but that evolved independently?

Answer 10

Analogous Structures