Classification and Comparative Anatomy Review

What is any similarity that indicates shared evolutionary ancestry?

• analogy

• homology

• paleontology

• cytology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which of the following terms describes features in different species that are similar in structure but different in function?

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• vestigial structure

• osmotic structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which term refers to a structure seems to have no purpose?

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• transitional structure

What process explains how related species acquire different traits; the accumulation of differences results in the formation of different species from a common ancestor?

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• disruptive evolution

• vestigial evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

A process in which unrelated species acquire or develop similar traits due to environmental pressures (they live in the same type of environment)

• divergent evolution

• convergent evolution

• microevolution

• vestigial evolution

What is the study of how plants and animals are distributed around the world?

• comparative anatomy

• biogeography

• sequence homology

• relative dating

What term means "still exists as a living species"?

• extinct

• extant

• extreme

• punctuated equilibrium

Evidence from the fossil record suggests evolution occurred at a rapid rate when there is a lack of ___________ specimens.

• skeletal

• transitional

• bone

• tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What shows similarities in the order of nucleotides of DNA or RNA OR in the order of amino acids of proteins that indicate common ancestry between organisms?

• biogeography

• analogous structures

• fossils

• sequence homology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What is the idea that evolution is not always gradual but that changes in a species may occur rapidly for a short period?

• punctuated equilibrium

• relative dating

• gradualism

• radiometric dating