Match Each Example to the Type of Evidence Supporting Evolution

question 64

Multiple Choice

Match each example to the type of evidence supporting evolution.
-The freshwater lungfish Neoceratodus fosteri is found on every continent except Antarctica.

• A)comparative embryology
• B)fossil evidence
• C)comparative anatomy
• D)comparative DNA
• E)biogeographic evidence

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Naturalistic Observation

An investigative approach where participants are studied in their natural settings without interference from the researcher.

Correlational Analysis

A method used to determine the degree to which two or more variables are related without determining cause and effect.

Demand Characteristics

Cues in an experiment that suggest to participants what the researcher expects to find or how participants are expected to behave.