Fossils & Evolution

What are structures that are anatomically similar (have the same bone structure) but do not have the same function?

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• random

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are newly evolved features that do not appear in the fossils of common ancestors?

• Ancestral traits

• Derived traits

• Old traits

• Great traits

What's an example of camouflage?

• Tigers developing stripes to look like their surroundings

• A butterfly flying in a meadow

• Snakes that live underground

• Cats meowing at their owners

When two animals have features that have the same function and look somewhat similar but form in different ways (have different bone structures), the traits are considered what?

• analogous

• homologous

• vestigial

• awesome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An example of a vestigial structure

• human tailbone

• cheetah spots

• whale fins

• bird wings

Humans having blonde, brown, black, or red hair is an example of what?

• adaptation

• variation

• camouflage

• speciation

When humans mate two different species of dogs to get a new breed

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• sexual selection

• mating selection

The scientist who thought acquired traits (like learning how to tie your shoes) could be passed to your children

• Darwin

• Lamark

• Firmin

• Bill Nye

Father of Evolution; proposed the idea of natural selection

• Darwin

• Lamark

• Hogan

• Captain America

A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

• variation

• adaptation

• overproduction

• gene flow