B.9a Evidence of Common Ancestry

What is the term for a group of body structures that are similar in different species due to those species' common ancestry?

• Biogeography

• Anatomical homology

• Cladogram

• Embryo

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The study of the distribution of species on Earth in the past and present is known as ____.

• Cladogram

• Biogeography

• Fossil record

• Molecular homology

A diagram based on patterns of shared characteristics used to predict the sequence of evolutionary events among different species is called a ____.

• Cladogram

• Phylogenetic tree

• Fossil record

• Vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The idea that similar species descend from the same original species is known as ____.

• Common ancestry

• Developmental homology

• Anatomical homology

• Homologous structures.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

What is the term for a group of similarities in the structures of embryos across different species due to those species' common ancestry?

• Embryo

• Developmental homology

• Molecular homology

• Vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

An unborn human or animal in the early stages of development is called a(n) ____.

• A) Embryo

• B) Fossil record

• C) Cladogram

• D) Anatomical homology

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A collection of remains of organisms preserved in sedimentary rock that has been arranged chronologically is known as ____.

• Fossil record

• Phylogenetic tree

• Cladogram

• Molecular homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the term for a group of structures in two or more species that have anatomical similarities but different functions?

• Homologous structures

• Vestigial structure

• Common ancestry

• Developmental homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A group of similarities in DNA, RNA, or amino acid sequences across species is referred to as ____.

• Molecular homology

• Anatomical homology

• Biogeography

• Embryo

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

A large diagram representing the proposed evolution and relatedness of species is called a ____.

• Phylogenetic tree

• Cladogram

• Fossil record

• Vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3