Vocabulary Review - MS-LS4-2

A (a)   tree is a diagram used to reflect evolutionary relationships among organisms or groups of organisms.

A (a)   is a branching diagram showing shared adaptations from a common ancestor between a numbers of species. Scientists consider this diagram a hypothesis.

(a)   descent refers to organisms who share ancestry with another group of organisms.

(a)   traits are developed from a common ancestor. They are traits shared between multiple species, such as the bones in a human arm and that of a whale’s fin.

(a)   are traits that arose independently, but serve similar functions, such as the ability to fly in birds and bats.

(a)   is the branch of biology that classifies all living things. It was developed by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who lived during the 18th Century.

The (a)   record is a group of geologically preserved specimen, which has been analyzed and arranged chronologically and in taxonomic order.

(a)   are part of a cladogram, which represents a trait passed down from a common ancestor.