Evidence of Evolution Vocab

Most recent ancestral species from which two different species evolved

• common ancestor

• relative dating

• fossil record

• analogous structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Illustration of the ancestral relationship between different organisms/ species

• anatomical homology or homologous structure

• molecular homology

• analogous structure

• phylogenetic tree or cladogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Characteristic shared by two species (or other taxa) that is similar because of common ancestry such as anatomical similarities OR molecular similarities OR developmental similarities

• analogous

• homologous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Anatomical structures that perform the same function in different biological species and evolved from the same structure in some ancestor species

• analogous structure

• vestigial structure

• homologous structure

• sedimentary layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Similarities in genes, RNA, or amino acid sequences between different biological species

• anatomical homology

• molecular homology

• developmental homology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Similarities in embryo development between different biological species

• anatomical homology

• molecular homology

• developmental homology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

A structure in an organism that is reduced in size and function and may have been important in the organism’s ancestor

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• developmental structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The similarity of structure between two species that are not closely related as a result of convergent evolution; ex: wings of birds and butterflies

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• molecular structure

• vestigial structure

The study of the distribution of organisms in geographic areas

• sedimentary layer

• relative dating

• fossil layer

• biogeography

The remains, or imprint of organisms related geological data that give us clues about the past and its taxonomic history

• extinct

• relative dating

• fossil record

• biogeography

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3