Vocab Review (8-10, +blood)

evolution

• change in the allele frequency of a population over time

• constant frequency of an allele in a population over time

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Vestigial Structures

• body parts that have similar functions, but different structures

• body parts that have similar features

• structure that was once used by an ancestor, but has no current function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Analogous Structures

• body parts that have similar functions, but different structures

• body parts that have similar features

• structure that was once used by an ancestor, but has no current function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Homologous Structures

• body parts that have similar functions, but different structures

• body parts that have similar features

• structure that was once used by an ancestor, but has no current function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Embryology

• embryos with similar features

• old ancestor fossils that can be compared to the species today

• shows how and where species migrated

• DNA similarities

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Fossil Record

• embryos with similar features

• old ancestor fossils that can be compared to the species today

• shows how and where species migrated

• DNA similarities

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Biogeography

• embryos with similar features

• old ancestor fossils that can be compared to the species today

• shows how and where species migrated

• DNA similarities

Molecular Biology

• embryos with similar features

• old ancestor fossils that can be compared to the species today

• shows how and where species migrated

• DNA similarities

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Hominid Evolution (3)

• bipedalism

• smaller jaw

• bigger brain

• bigger jaw

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

bipedalism

• walking on 2 legs

• walking on all fours