Module 14 Lesson 2 Vocab Review

new feature that had not appeared in common ancestors.

• derived trait

• ancestral trait

• analogous structure

• embryo

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

more-primitive characteristic that appeared in common ancestors.

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• ancestral trait

• derived trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

anatomically similar structure inherited from a common ancestor.

• biogeography

• analogous structure

• vestigal structure

• homologous structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

reduced form of a functional structure that indicates shared ancestry.

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• ancestral trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

structure that has the same function but different construction and was not inherited from a common ancestor.

• derived trait

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• biogeography

organism's early pre-birth stage of development

• phase II

• phase I

• mimicry

• embryo

study of the distribution of plants and animals on Earth

• kinesiology

• biogeography

• geography

• aerobiology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

measure of a trait's relative contribution to the following generation.

• flexible

• camouflage

• fitness

• pattern

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

morphological adaptations that allow organisms to blend into their surroundings

• genetics

• bottleneck

• mimicry

• camouflage

morphological adaptation in which one species evolves to resemble another species for protection or other advantages.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• evolution

• founder effect