Evidence of Evolution

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What is the term for the process by which species change over time?

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Evolution

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Which type of evidence for evolution involves the study of similarities in the embryonic development of different organisms?

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Embryology

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What is the term for structures that are similar in different species due to shared ancestry?

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Homologous structures

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What is the significance of DNA in understanding evolutionary relationships among species?

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DNA can be used to find common proteins and amino acids to determine how closely related species are.

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What is the term for the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural selection

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What type of evidence includes fossil records, anatomical similarities, and molecular biology?

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Evidence of evolution

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What is the term for structures that serve similar functions but do not share a common ancestry?

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Analogous structures

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What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms?

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Fossils

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What is the concept that explains how species evolve from a common ancestor over time?

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Descent with modification

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What is the term for the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time?

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Biogeography