Evolutionary History - Chapter 1 and Plate Tectonics Review

Paleontologists look for _________________ in body structures to decide whether species belong together.

• similarities

• differences

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More ____________________ observations provide stronger evidence.

• careful

• precise

• general

• quick

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A part of an organism (for example, one or more bones)

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A scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth

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A group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

Two species have a ______________ body structure when that body structure features the same kinds of bones, found in the same positions relative to each other and to the rest of the body.

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Body structures are inherited from an ancestor population.

• Theoretically True

• Theoretically False

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The process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

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An older population from which two or more newer species descended

• Common Ancestor Population

• Descendant Species

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A more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population

• Common Ancestor Population

• Descendant Species

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