10/5-10/9 Evolution Vocab

inherited changes that occur in over time

"changes over time"

• natural selection

• evolution

• artificial selection

• genetic variation

A group of individuals of the same species that live and reproduce in the same place

• population

• artificial selection

• adaptation

• evolution

Organs that no longer serve a purpose

• comparative

• vestigial

• genetic variation

• embryological

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The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

• Adaptation

• Relative Dating

• Fossils

• Evolution

Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as _____

• vestigial structures

• DNA

• homologous structures

• the fossil record

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Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Mimicry

• Camoflague

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The structures shown are_________

• homologous
• heterologous
• analogous
• vestigial

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Bird wings and butterfly wings have a similar function, but do not have similar structures. These are an example of

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Mimicry

• Vestigial structures

Structures that are similar in purpose but different in structure are called _______________.

• Vestigial

• Homologous

• Analogous Structures

• Embryonic

Structures that are similar in structure but different in function are called _______________.

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• DNA