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Unit 07.1 Vocabulary

Authored by Destiny Cook

Biology

9th Grade

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Unit 07.1 Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A new species or group of organisms appears suddenly in the fossil record, often within a relatively short geological time frame.

Abrupt appearance
Evolution
Population
Fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Structures with similar function, but differing anatomical structure that evolved as a result of convergent evolution and do not indicate recent common ancestry.

Analogous structures
Fossil record
Punctuated equilibrium
Genotypic frequency

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The study and comparison of similarities in anatomical structures between species of organisms which indicate common ancestry.

Anatomical homologies
Fossils
Rock strata
Fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The idea that all living organisms are descended from one or a few original ancestors from whom they inherited specific traits.

Common ancestry
Gradualism
Stasis
Fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A change in the allele frequency within a population over many generations.

Evolution
Abrupt appearance
Analogous structures
Population

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

Fossils
Anatomical homologies
Common ancestry
Rock strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The chronological collection of the preserved remains of organisms in sedimentary rock layers which can show evolutionary changes over time, or be used for relative dating of organisms

Fossil record
Analogous structures
Anatomical homologies
Punctuated equilibrium

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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