Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Genetic drift is when an individual from one population is introduced into a new population, introducing new alleles.
2. The presence of the traces of pelvic bones in both whales and snakes indicate that they descended from an ancestor that once had legs.
3. The theory of evolution can accurately explain the origin of life on Earth.
4. Organisms can have forms that look similar but come from very different evolutionary ancestors.
5. The fact that mitochondria cannot live outside of the cell suggests that ancestral cells engulfed and kept alive free-living prokaryotic anaerobes.
1. False
This statement is false. Gene flow is when an individual from one population is introduced into a new population, introducing new alleles.
2. True
This statement is true. The presence of the traces of pelvic bones in both whales and snakes indicates that they descended from an ancestor that once had legs.
3. False
This statement is false. The theory of evolution does not try to explain the origin of life on Earth.
4. True
This statement is true. Organisms that have similar forms can look similar but come from very different evolutionary ancestors.
5. True
This statement is true. The fact that mitochondria cannot live outside of the cell suggests that ancestral cells engulfed and kept alive free-living prokaryotic anaerobes.
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