Evolution- Science Study Guide (part one-vocab) 7th grade

A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

• species

• fossil

• natural selection

• variations

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Any difference between individuals of the same species?

• variations

• species

• fossil

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• evolution

• species

• fossil

• branching tree

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The disappearance from all members of a species on earth?

• extinct

• evolution

• fossil

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily?

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibria

• natural selection

• adaptation

The theory that species evolve during short periods of rapid change?

• gradualism

• adaptation

• punctuated equilibria

• extinct

Body parts that are structurally similar and that provide evidence for a common ancestor?

• homologous structures

• species

• fossil

• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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A diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related

• diagram

• branching tree

• diaphragm

• T-Chart

The gradual change in a species over time?

• variations

• gradualism

• evolution

• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive or reproduce in its environment?

• adaptation

• evolution

• natural selection

• variations

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4