U6.C3 Evidence of Evolution

Match the following

• paleontology

• Study of prehistoric life through the fossil record

• embryology

• study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals

• morphology

• study of the form of living things

• biogeography

• study of embryo development

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Match the following

• morphology

• 
• embryology

• 
• paleontology

• 
• biogeography

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Match the following

• fossils

• study of chemical processes in living things

• pseudogenes

• nonfunctional genes

• biochemistry

• preserved remains of organisms

• endemic species

• species that exist only in one geographic region

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Match the following

• fossils

• 
• endemic species

• 
• pseudogenes

• 
• biochemistry

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Homologous Structures

,

(b) Analogous Structures

,

(c) Vestigial Structures

• Same function due to same environment, but different form due to different ancestry

• a horse's eye and a fly's eye

• result of divergent evolution

• Useless but potentially leftover from a previous ancestor

• leg bones in a whale

• result of convergent evolution

• result of divergent evolution (common ancestor)

• human and cat forelimbs

• Same form due to common ancestry, but different function due to living in different environments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which 2 macromolecules provide evidence for evolution in the field of biochemistry?

• nucleic acids

• proteins

• lipids

• carbohydrates

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4