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COMMON ANCESTRY AND DIVERSITY TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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COMMON ANCESTRY AND DIVERSITYTEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
How old is the Earth? - ANSWER 4.6 billion years old
The first organisms on Earth were - ANSWER bacteria
Nowadays, most of the oxygen in the atmosphere comes from - ANSWER Photosynthesis from plants
What is another term for natural selection? - ANSWER survival of the fittest
Structures used to serve a purpose but not anymore - ANSWER Vestigial- ex: eye sockets for cavefish/
appendix
Similar in structure but different functions - ANSWER homologous- ex: human, whale fin, bat wing
Similar uses different structures - ANSWER Analogous- ex: Butterfly wing vs. Birdwing
Which type of evolution does Homologous demonstrate? - ANSWER Divergent evolution
What type of evolution does Analogous demonstrate? - ANSWER Convergent evolution
A well-tested explanation that explains a lot of observations is - ANSWER theory
Similar patterns of (blank) development gives evidence that organisms shared a common ancestor -
ANSWER Embryological
Body parts that share a common function, but not structure - ANSWER Analogous structures
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