Evidence worksheet Need to do soon

Question 1

Name 4 pieces of evidence supporting evolution

Answer 1

1) fossil record
a) stone hard evidence of acient life and that organisms have changed after time
when arranged by age, their is clear evidence of progressive evolutionary change

ex) horse # of toes change from 4 to 1 to run faster

2)artificial selection

human breed plants and animals to obtain or improve certain characteristics
(Dog breeding is an example)

3)Vestigial structures
serves no useful function, still present from a common ancestor which used the structure

Question 2

what did darwin think of this

and what was his hypothesis

Answer 2

Darwin reasoned that if people could alter the appearance and behaviour of
species, then the environment could have a similar selective effect on wild
species.

Darwin proposed that species can change over time, that new species come from pre-existing species, and that all species share a common ancestor.