Question

A) What do scientists think about the common ancestor of whales and hippos? (1 point)
The animal lived millions of years ago.
The animal lived in water.
The animal is still alive today.
The animal had two limbs.
A) Which example demonstrates divergence? (1 point)
Species A and B evolve into species C.
Species A evolves into species B and C.
Species A does not evolve.
Species A goes extinct.

Question 3
Question 4
A)
Pythons have small leg bones buried in their tail muscles. What can scientists conclude from this observation?
(1 point)
Pythons descended from an animal with legs.
Future generations of pythons will have legs.
The leg bones will not be passed down to future generations.
The leg bones help pythons move.
A) There are 13 species of Darwin’s finches on the Galapagos Islands. They have many similar features but differ in beak size and shape.
Which explanation accounts for these characteristics? (1 point)
Finch species have similar diets.
Each finch species evolved from a different ancestor.
Finch species interbreed.
All finch species evolved from a common ancestor

Answer 1

1) The animal lived millions of years ago.

2) Species A evolves into species B and C.

3) Pythons descended from an animal with legs.

4) All finch species evolved from a common ancestor.