Evolution Review

remnant of a structure that may have had an important function in a species' ancestors, but has no clear function in the modern species

• Fossil

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Adaptation

body parts that are structurally similar in related species; provide evidence that the structures were inherited from a common ancestor.

• Vestigial Structure

• Embryology

• Homologous Structure

• Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Molecular Biology

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a theory that explains how random changes in genetic material and competition for scarce resources cause species to change gradually

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Genetic Drift

• Mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• Vestigial Structure

• Adaptation

• Homologous Structures

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• Community

• Descendant

• Ancestor

• Species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The comparison of stages of embryo development that shows how the embryos of different groups resemble each other at particular stages. Similarities indicate groups may share a common ancestor

• Artificial Selection

• Endosymbiosis

• Species

• Comparative Embryology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which level of Taxonomy is the most specific?

• Domain

• Class

• Family

• Species

Who developed the Theory of Evolution?

• Carl Linnaeus

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4