Evolution Vocabulary 2023

When very different animals have bones that appear very similar in form or function and seem to be related.  It is used to try to prove there are common ancestors.

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Structures that have similar functions but different origins

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Structures that have no apparent function and appear to be residual parts from a past ancestor

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An example of this is: Wings of a moth and wings of a bird are both for flying but they are entirely different structures

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An example of this is: appendix in humans

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The most recent species of organisms from which a set of organisms are derived

• evolution

• common ancestor

• comparative embryology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations.  It relies on the process of natural selection.

• evolution

• common ancestor

• comparative embryology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4