Vocabulary Review - MS-LS4-2

A _______________ tree is a diagram used to reflect evolutionary relationships among organisms or groups of organisms.

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A ______________ is a branching diagram showing shared adaptations from a common ancestor between a numbers of species. Scientists consider this diagram a hypothesis.

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___________ descent refers to organisms who share ancestry with another group of organisms.

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_________ traits are developed from a common ancestor. They are traits shared between multiple species, such as the bones in a human arm and that of a whale’s fin.

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___________ are traits that arose independently, but serve similar functions, such as the ability to fly in birds and bats.

___________ is the branch of biology that classifies all living things. It was developed by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who lived during the 18th Century.

The ___________ record is a group of geologically preserved specimen, which has been analyzed and arranged chronologically and in taxonomic order.

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_________ are part of a cladogram, which represents a trait passed down from a common ancestor.

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