Evolution Darwin

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

• Selective breeding

• Natural Selection

• Cloning

• Evolution of all species

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Structures are similar in function but not in structure.

• Vestigial

• Homologous

• Analogous Structures

• Embryonic

Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as _____

• vestigial structures

• DNA

• homologous structures

• the fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The appendix, which is not needed to survive, is conisdered to be a

• Homologous Structure

• Analagous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection

• embryology

• speciation

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 

• dark

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Recently, scientists have been able to use ___________to find common proteins and amino acids to determine how closely related species are.

• DNA

• Vestigial structures

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This is any alteration in a structure of a function that allows an organism to be better suited for its environment.

• vestigial structures

• adaptation

• embryo

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The image shows an example of..

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Change over time describes.....

• Speciation 

• Selective Breeding 

• Evolution 

• Adaptation 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4