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Evolution and Natural Selection
Item EN047003: A species living today and an extinct species could share a common ancestor that lived a very long time ago, even if the two species have few similarities.
Which of the following is TRUE about living species and extinct species?
- If a species living today and an extinct species have many similarities, they could share a common ancestor, but if they have few similarities they could not share a common ancestor.
- A species living today and an extinct species could share a common ancestor that lived a very long time ago, even if the two species have few similarities.
- No species living today could share a common ancestor with an extinct species.
- Species living today could share a common ancestor with each other, but extinct species could not share a common ancestor with each other because extinct species are the ancestors of species living today, never of each other.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3089 |
6–8 n = 1928 |
9–12 n = 1161 |
Male n = 1440 |
Female n = 1565 |
English n = 2763 |
Other n = 245 |
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| A. | 23% | 27% | 18% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 24% |
| B. | 55% | 50% | 63% | 52% | 57% | 55% | 53% |
| C. | 9% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 10% |
| D. | 13% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 13% |