Evolution Vocabulary 3

structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function (same function, different structure)

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Imaginary structure

Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Imaginary structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

structure that is inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Imaginary structure

 Fossils or organisms that show the intermediate states between an ancestral form and that of its descendants

• Vestigial Structures

• Transitional Forms

• mutation

• biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Any difference between individuals of the same species.

• variation

• competition

• evolution

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• population

• evolution

• ecosystem

• species

Scientist responsible for the theory of evolution

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Harry Hammond Hess

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4