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History of Life Vocabulary

Authored by Jaylynn Wells

Biology

9th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 150+ times

History of Life Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.

Hox Genes

Common Ancestor

Fossil

Stasis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

similar body structures among different species from a common ancestor

Biogeography

Vestigial Structure

Anatomical Homology

Developmental Homolgy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An ancestral species from which later species evolved

Common Ancestor

Homology

Developmental Homolgy

Molecular Homology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

remnant of a structure that may have had an important function in a species' ancestors, but has no clear function in the modern species.

Developmental Homolgy

Molecular Homology

Vestigial Structure

Hox Genes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the periods of time in the fossil record that show limited change

Common ancestor

Hox Genes

Anatomical Homology

Stasis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study of past and present distribution of organisms

Common Ancestor

Biogeography

Hox Genes

Stasis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

series of genes that controls the differentiation of cells and tissues in an embryo

Hox Genes

Common Ancestor

Biogeography

Molecular Homology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

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