Julia Claudette B.

Tirona
STEM 12-B
WRITTEN WORK
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet.
1. How do fossils support evolution? A
a) The fossil record provides evidence that organisms have changed over time.
b) Individual species disappear and reappear in the fossil record over time.
c) The fossil record provides evidence that all organisms developed at the same time.
d) Organisms in the fossil record are identical to living organisms.
2. Some organisms have features that have
different functions, but similar structures. One example is the forelimbs of humans, dogs, birds, and
whales.

The similar bone arrangement of the human, dog, bird, and whale forelimb is a structural homology.
Structural homologies indicate a shared common ancestor. What term best describes the relationship
between these forelimbs? D
a) They are analogous
b) They are embryological
c) They are vestigial
d) They are homologous
3. Which of the following would best determine whether two plant species share a recent common
ancestor? D
a) Habitat distribution
b) Stem lengths
c) Flowering times
d) DNA sequences
4. A scientist compares DNA taken from four different living species.

Table comparing DNA fragments of species A, X, Y, and Z

5. Which of the following statements is accurate? B
a) Species X evolved from Species Y.
b) Species A and Z share a recent common ancestor.
c) Species A and Y are the same.
d) Species Y and Z can interbreed.

WORKSHEET FOR PRACTICE

CELL LEG 6 LEGS WINGS

WORM ✓ Yes ✖ No ✖ No ✖ No
SPIDER ✓ Yes ✓ Yes ✖ No ✖ No
CARPENTER ✓ Yes ✓ Yes ✓ Yes ✖ No
ANT
FLY ✓ Yes ✓ Yes ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Place the organisms above in the cladogram below and indicate the traits that made the
organisms different from each other. Carpenter Ant
Spider Fly

Worm