Evolution and Genetics Vocab
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- Q1How earth has changed over time:biological evolutiongeographybiology interactionsgeologic evolution30sEditDelete
- Q2Evolve means toadaptchange over timestay the samegain new traits30sEditDelete
- Q3A type of fossil that shows a pattern of change in species over time, support theory of biological evolution.primate fossilammonite fossilindex fossiltransitional fossil45sEditDelete
- Q4Body structures, same structure but different function support common ancestrycompanionhomologousvestigialanalogous30sEditDelete
- Q5Unused body structures like hip bones in snakes and whales, supports common ancestry ideacompanion structuresanalogoushomologous structuresvestigial structures30sEditDelete
- Q6How organisms have changed over timegeologic evolutionbiological evolutionanalogous evolutiontransitional evolution30sEditDelete
- Q7an example of geologic evolutioncontinental drift theorycommon ancestrynatural selectiongenetic drift30sEditDelete
- Q8A greater percentage of this an animal has in common with another supports common ancestry ideaweight and heightanalogous structuresDNAcoat color30sEditDelete
- Q9The study of early development stages in organisms suggests common ancestry ideageologyhomologyembryologybiology30sEditDelete
- Q10In natural selection these traits a beneficial and passed onto offspringstructural traits ONLYlearned behavior ONLYharmful mutationsfavorable traits30sEditDelete
- Q11Bird wing and bat wing, same function but different structure, does NOT support common ancestryhomologouscompanion structuresvestigialanalogous structures30sEditDelete
- Q12a body structure that helps survival in a speciesstructural adaptationradioactive adaptationbehavioral adaptationphysiological adaptation30sEditDelete
- Q13an action of an organism that aids survival, migration, hibernation, etc.behavioral adaptationphysiologicalradial adaptationstructural adaptation30sEditDelete
- Q14extinction of species usually caused by thisenvironmental changefavorable trait passingreproductionadaptations30sEditDelete