Evolutionary History Vocab.

Define Fossil Record:

• The dental record of dinosaurs

• the accumulation of all fossilized remains that scientists have collected around the world

• Fossils that have been destroyed and never found

• Fossils that are not helpful to learn about past organisms

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What does a Paleontologists study?

• Prehistoric Life

• Marine Life

• Insects

• The Human Body

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How have Giraffes evolved over time?

• giraffes have gotten shorter

• their necks have gotten longer and they have spots

• giraffes have stayed the same

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What is a common ancestor?

• A predecessor that one organism shares with another organism

• Organisms that are twins

• When organisms share the same habitat

• When only one organism is alive

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Define Anatomical Homologies:

• Organisms that do not share a common ancestor

• Similar foods that organisms eat

• Similar anatomical structures that exist between species and can be identified as a link to a common ancestor

• Organisms that are not related to each and still don't look alike

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Which one is an example of a cladogram?

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What do the human arm and the bird wing have in common?

• They both are bigger that the whale flipper

• They both have bones that look like fingers

• They both have fingers and joints that bend

• They have nothing in common

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A dog's ancestor is....

• Panther

• Wolf

• Husky

• Coyote

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A dog's ancestor is...

• Feline

• wolf

• donkey

• elephant

What is an ancestor?

• The youngest member of the family

• All organisms are ancestors

• An organism from which other organisms evolved from

• Organisms that passed down magical powers to their offspring

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