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Enlist the evidences of evolution. - Science and Technology 2

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Enlist the evidences of evolution.

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Following are the evidences of evolution:

  1. Morphological evidences
  2. Anatomical evidences
  3. Vestigial organs
  4. Palaeontological evidences
  5. Connecting links
  6. Embryological evidences
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अध्याय 1: Heredity and Evolution - Solve the following questions

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एससीईआरटी महाराष्ट्र Science and Technology 2 [English] 10 Standard SSC
अध्याय 1 Heredity and Evolution
Solve the following questions | Q 4

संबंधित प्रश्न

Write the similarity between the wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bat. What do you infer from the above with reference to evolution? 


Differentiate between analogy and homology giving one example each of plant and animal respectively.


State a reason for the increased population of dark coloured moths coinciding with the loss of lichens (on tree barks) during industrialization period in England.


 An example of homologous organs is


Enlist any four sequential evolutionary names of human ancestors.


Give the importance of fossil in support of organic evolution


Explain with an example for the given, how the following provides evidence in favor of evolution in organisms :

Analogous organs


Select and write analogous structures from the list given below :

1) Wings of butterfly and birds

2) Vertebrate hearts

3) Tendrils of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita

4) Tubers of sweet potato and potato


Name two animals having homologous organs and two having analogous organs. Name these organs.

 

The organs which perform different functions but have the same basic structure are known as :
(a) homologous organs
(b) analogous organs
(c) homolytic organs
(d) analytic organs


Wing of an insect and forelimb of a bird are :
(a) analogous organs
(b) analeptic organs
(c) homologous
(d) homophobic organs


The presence of which of the following types of organs in two organisms indicates that they are derived from the same ancestor?
(a) analogous organs
(b) respiratory organs
(c) digestive organs
(d) homologous organs


Identify the following pairs as homologous and analogous organs:
(i) Sweet potato and potato
(ii) Eye of octopus and eye of mammals
(iii) Thorns of Bougainvillaea and tendrils of Cucurbits
(iv) Fore limbs of bat and whale


You have potato, carrot, radish, sweet potato, tomato and ginger bought from the market in your jute bag. Identify two vegetables to represent the correct homologous structures.

(A) Potato and tomato

(B) Carrot and tomato

(C) Potato and sweet potato

(D) Carrot and radish


Write short notes based upon the information known to you.

Connecting link


Explain with suitable examples importance of anatomical evidence in evolution. 


Very short answer question:

What is vestigeal organ?


Short answer question.

Give the significance of fossils.


Find an odd one out.


Find an odd one out.


What is carbon dating?


Which evidence of evolution is shown in the given picture? Explain the importance of this evidence.


The presence of gill slits, in the embryos of all vertebrates, supports the theory of ______.


The bones of forelimbs of whale, bat, cheetah and man are similar in structure, because ______.


Appearance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an example of ______.


Give an example for convergent evolution and identify the features towards which they are converging.


How do we compute the age of a fossil?


While creation and presence of variation is directionless, natural selection is directional as it is in the context of adaptation. Comment.


Explain divergent evolution in detail. What is the driving force behind it?


Complete the following chart:


Give a scientific reason.

Morphological evidences suggest that dog, sheep and wolf have a common origin.


What is the function of the appendix of our digestive system?


Find odd one out:


Find the odd one out:


Industrial melanism in England after 1850 is an excellent example of Natural selection. Explain how?


Write names of some vestigial organs in the human body.


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