Evolution Vocab Review

The change in a species/population over time

• Evolution

• Absolute Dating

• Adaptive Radiation

• Relative Dating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Features that are SIMILAR in structure but appear in different organisms and have DIFFERENT functions

Suggest a common ancestor!

• Homologous Structures

• Analogous Structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Features that are SIMILAR in function but have different internal structure. Do NOT suggest a common ancestor!

• Homologous Structures

• Analogous Structures

the method of dating fossils that uses knowledge of the decay rates of elements. This is how scientists determined the age of Earth.

• Relative Dating

• Variation

• Absolute Dating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Method of dating fossils by comparing where they are in relation to others; the older the fossil, the deeper it is found

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Variation

• Embryology

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The study of how similar features of embryos in very different organisms suggests similar patterns of development

• Embryology

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Responses to the environment that help an organism survive

• Physiological Adaption

• Structural Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaption

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A change in an anatomical or physical structure

• Physiological Adaption

• Structural Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaption

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Adaptations that involve internal functions or chemistry

• Physiological Adaption

• Structural Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaption

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

• Adaptation

• Acquired Traits

• Gradualism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4