Evidence for Evolution

Oldest rocks and ancestors would be deeper in the ground

• Speciation

• Homologies

• Recessive Traits

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Species show very little evolutionary change in the fossil record

• Stasis

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Darwinsim

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Evolution occurring gradually and slowly over long periods of time

• Homeostasis

• Stasis

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Gradualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Evolution occurring quickly due to catastrophic events

• Homeostasis

• Gradualism

• Statsis

• Punctuated Equilibrim

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A way to estimate age in rocks or carbon by measuring the amount of radioactive decay in the sample.

Example: Uranium (U) turning

to lead (Pb) in rocks.

• Radioactive dating

• Speed dating

• Casual Dating

• Punctuated Equilibrium

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Having a common ancestor

• Mitosis

• Punctuated Equilibrim

• Homology

• Radioactive Dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The idea that similar anatomy implies common ancestry

• Analogous Structures

• DNA Evidence

• Fossil Record

• Anatomical Homology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Various species show similar developmental patterns as embryos.

• DNA similarities

• Anatomical Homology

• Embryology

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The idea that similar DNA or Amino Acid Sequences indicate common evolutionary ancestry

• Molecular Homology (DNA)

• Anatomical Homology

• Developmental Homology

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The hypothesis that physical structures with no known purpose are leftovers from an ancestor.

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Anatomical Analogy

• Developmental Homology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2