Evolutionary History Vocab

____________ are a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do NOT reproduce with organisms from any other group

• fossil

• species

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A part of a organism is called a _________ ____________.

• shared structure

• evolutionary time

• body structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A _____________ _____________ is a body structure in two or more species that features the same parts. Ex: the same bones

• shared structure

• common ancestor

• descendant species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A _______________ ______________ is an older population from which two or more newer species descended

• body structure

• evolutionary time

• common ancestor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints is called a ______________.

• fossil

• extinct

• speciation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A ___________________ is a scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life of Earth.

• fossil

• paleontologist

• stability

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

If something has died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth than it is ______________.

• stability

• species

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time is called ___________________.

• species

• stability

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

____________ is when something stays mostly the same over time

• stability

• evolution

• extinct

_______________ is the process by which one population evolved into two or more different species

• speciation

• evolution

• paleontologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4