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2. EVOLUTION
change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
FOSSIL RECORD, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

3. FOSSIL RECORD
The fossil record contains many well-documented examples of the transition from one species into another, as well as the origin of new physical features. Evidence from the fossil record is unique, because it provides a time perspective for understanding the evolution of life on Earth.

4. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
comparing structural similarities of organisms to determine their evolutionary relationships. Organisms with similar anatomical features are assumed to be relatively closely related evolutionarily, and they are assumed to share a common ancestor.

5. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

6. BIOGEOGRAPHY
Biogeography is the study of the the distribution of life forms over geographical areas. Biogeography not only provides significant inferential evidence for evolution and common descent, but it also provides what creationists like to deny is possible in evolution: testable predictions.

7. BIOGEOGRAPHY

8. COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY
All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental path due to their common ancestry. All have a set of very similar genes that define their basic body plan. As they grow, the differences that will distinguish the embryos as adults become more and more apparent. The study of this development can yield insights into the process of evolution.

9. COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY

10. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
The field of molecular biology provides the most detailed and convincing evidence available for biological evolution. In its unveiling of the nature of DNA and the workings of organisms at the level of enzymes and other protein molecules, it has shown that these molecules hold information about an organism’s ancestry. This has made it possible to reconstruct evolutionary events that were previously unknown and to confirm and adjust the view of events already known. The precision with which these events can be reconstructed is one reason the evidence from molecular biology is so compelling. Another reason is that molecular evolution has shown all living organisms, from bacteria to humans, to be related by descent from common ancestors.

11. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

12. ORIGINS OF LIVE
The Endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells. According to this theory, these originated as prokaryotic endosymbionts, which came to live inside eukaryotic cells. The theory postulates that the mitochondria evolved from aerobic bacteria and that the chloroplast evolved from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria (autotrophic prokaryotes).

13. ENDOSYMBIOTIC THEORY

14. ORIGINS OF LIVE
Primordial Soup hypothesis that the primitive ocean, unlike the contemporary ocean, was a "thick soup" containing all of the micromolecules required for the next stage of molecular evolution. The concept of a primitive "thick soup" or "primordial broth" is one of the most persistent ideas at the same time that is most strongly contraindicated by thermodynamic reasoning and by lack of experimental support."

15. PRIOMORDIAL SOUP

16. HOMINID EVOLUTION
The hominid family, characterized by bipedal locomotion, appeared between four and five million years ago. This defining event in human evolution was followed by other key events: increased brain size/structure, the initial migration of hominids out of the tropics, and a transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Which significantly changed things for all future generations of Homo Sapiens

18. HOMINIDS

19. The scientific theory of evolution is supported by different types of evidence. The diagrams below show the skeletons of two different animal species. How does comparing the skeletons of these animals provide support for the scientific theory of evolution?
A. It provides information about the organisms' habitats.
B. It shows possible common ancestry between organisms.
C. It provides information to determine the organisms' ages.
D. It shows possible chromosomal similarities between organisms.

20. According to fossil records, the horses that lived 50 million years ago were much smaller, weaker and slower than modern horses. Which process is most likely responsible for the changes that have led to the increased size, strength, and speed in horses?
A. commensalism
B. inbreeding
C. migration
D. evolution by natural selection

21. The diagram illustrates an embryonic stage of two organisms.
Which of the following can be determined by observing the embryos shown in the diagram? 
A. The organisms share a common ancestry.
B. The organisms belong to the same genus.
C. The organisms are native to the same geographic areas.
D. The organisms will grow into anatomically similar adults.

22. Scientists have found evidence that about 2
Scientists have found evidence that about 2.4 million years ago a gene regulating jaw muscles mutated and may have led to the more graceful human jaw we see today. The diagram below shows the skulls of 3 hominid species.
Which statement below most closely explains the link between jaw size and hominid evolution? 
A. The jaws of hominids evolved to be smaller and less protruding over time. 
B. The jaws of hominids evolved to be larger and more protruding over time. 
C. There appears to be no change in the jaws of hominids over time.
D. The jaws of hominids changed over time due to a change in brain size. 

23. Scientists are studying the evolutionary history of a group of plants in the United States, and they developed an evolutionary tree, as shown below.
Which statement can be inferred from the evolutionary tree?
A. Species 1 is most closely related to Species 8.
B. Species 2 is most closely related to Species 3.
C. Species 3 is most closely related to Species 7.
D. Species 5 is most closely related to Species 6.

24. Scientists are studying the evolutionary history of a group of plants in the United States, and they developed an evolutionary tree, as shown below.
What information about the organisms best helps the scientists to determine the evolutionary relationships among them?
A. DNA sequences
B. Anatomical features
C. Habitat types
D. Reproductive Strategies

25. One of the accepted scientific theories describing the origin of life on Earth is known as chemical evolution. According to this theory, which of the following events would need to occur first for life to evolve?
A. onset of photosynthesis
B. origin of genetic material
C. Synthesis of organic molecules
D. formation of the plasma membrane

26. Which types of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth? 
A. prokaryotic and aerobic
B. prokaryotic and anaerobic
C. eukaryotic and aerobic
D. eukaryotic and anaerobic

27. The Miller-Urey experiment of 1953 was designed to test the hypothesis that lightning supplied the energy needed to turn atmospheric gases into organic molecules such as amino acids. Which of the following describes why the Miller-Urey theory is widely accepted today?
A. Amino acids spontaneously form from molecules in the atmosphere today.
B. Organic molecules are present today in extremely high concentrations.
C. The process of synthesizing organic molecules from a mixture of gases has been successfully modeled in the laboratory. 
D. No other alternative hypotheses have been introduced. 

28. A. They were able to photosynthesize B. They had more DNA
The diagram below shows a proposed theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, called endosymbiosis.
                                                                                                                                                                                    
The diagram below shows a proposed theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, called endosymbiosis.
Which of the following explains why cells that contained mitochondria-like organelles had an evolutionary advantage?
A. They were able to photosynthesize
B. They had more DNA
C. They were able to make more use of available energy
D. They were immune to bacterial invasion.