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THE DIFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO FOSSIL,ROCKS ARE GIVEN IN A DIAGRAM STRATURE. THE FOSSIL IS A RELATIVE AGE OF THE VARIOUS FOSSIL IN A SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

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1.

2 What scientific explanation can account for the diversity of life?
- A.
  
  A. An explanation on of phenomena that have occurred
- B.
  
  B. A collection of scientific facts on observations and hypothesis
- C.
  
  C. A huge body of evidence
- D.
  
  D. None of above
- E.
  
  ALL OF ABOVE
Correct Answer
B. B. A collection of scientific facts on observations and hypothesis
2.

What is evolution?
- A.
  
  A. Change over time
- B.
  
  B. A change of species
- C.
  
  C. Something that just happens
- D.
  
  D. None of above
Correct Answer
A. A. Change over time
3.

What does the fossil record show about the history of species on earth?
- A.
  
  A. Certain fossils appear only in older rocks
- B.
  
  B. It shows animals that have been extinct
- C.
  
  C. The structure of the organisms
- D.
  
  D. None of above
Correct Answer
B. B. It shows animals that have been extinct
4.

What are the names of scientists who study fossils?
- A.
  
  A. Archeologists
- B.
  
  B. Paleontologists
- C.
  
  C. Geologists
- D.
  
  D. All of above
Correct Answer
B. B. Paleontologists
5.

What is definition of fossil?
- A.
  
  A. Bones of animals
- B.
  
  B. The remains of species that have past away.
- C.
  
  C. A and B
- D.
  
  D NONE OF ABOVE
Correct Answer
B. B. The remains of species that have past away.
6.

The information about past life is called what.
- A.
  
  A. Relative frequency
- B.
  
  B. Fossil record
- C.
  
  C. A and B
- D.
  
  C. Genetic equilibrium
- E.
  
  D. NONE OF ABOVE
Correct Answer
B. B. Fossil record
7.

How do fossil forms?
- A.
  
  A. In change over time
- B.
  
  B. In sedimentary rocks
- C.
  
  C. Preserved under remains
- D.
  
  D. ALL OF ABOVE
Correct Answer
B. B. In sedimentary rocks
8.

1. What is the homologous body structure?
- A.
  
  A. The structure of the Greek word of “homos” meaning “same,” and legein, meaning, “say
- B.
  
  B. The structures of different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues.
- C.
  
  Structures of bones all develop from the same clumps of cells in growing embryos.
- D.
  
  D. All of the above
Correct Answer
B. B. The structures of different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues.
9.

1. Who proposed that by selective use or disuse of organs, organisms acquired or lost certain traits during their lifetime?
- A.
  
  A. Charles Darwin
- B.
  
  B. Alfred Wallace
- C.
  
  C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- D.
  
  D. Charles Lyell
Correct Answer
C. C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
10.

1. What is endosymbiotic theory?
- A.
  
  A. Eukaryotic formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms.
- B.
  
  B. Relationship in which two species live closely together.
- C.
  
  C. Single-celled prokaryotic organisms that resemble modern bacteria.
- D.
  
  D None of the above
Correct Answer
A. A. Eukaryotic formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms.
11.

1. The result in changes in the inherited characteristics of population?
- A.
  
  A. Adaptation
- B.
  
  B. Natural selection
- C.
  
  C. Artificial selection
- D.
  
  D. All of the above
Correct Answer
A. A. Adaptation
12.

1. Is homologous structure type of evidence for the evolution of living things?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  NO
Correct Answer
B. NO

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Biological Evolution

2 What scientific explanation can account for the diversity of life?

What is evolution?

What does the fossil record show about the history of species on earth?

What are the names of scientists who study fossils?

What is definition of fossil?

The information about past life is called what.

How do fossil forms?

1. What is the homologous body structure?

1. Who proposed that by selective use or disuse of organs, organisms acquired or lost certain traits during their lifetime?

1. What is endosymbiotic theory?

1. The result in changes in the inherited characteristics of population?

1. Is homologous structure type of evidence for the evolution of living things?