EH: Concepts and Vocabulary

Species inherit their ​ (a)   from their ​ (b)   .

• body structures
• ancestor populations

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

​ (a)   that are shared between ​ (b)   species are evidence that these two species ​ (c)   the shared structures from a ​ (d)   .

• Body structures
• two
• inherited
• common ancestor population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In populations ​ (a)   into different environments, ​ (b)   causes different changes to happen to each population. This causes descendant species to end up with ​ (c)   in their ​ (d)   .

• separated
• natural selection
• differences
• shared structures

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Among any three species, the two species that ​ (a)   most recently are the most ​ (b)   to each other.

• separated
• closely related

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

When ​ (a)   share a ​ (b)   that is ​ (c)   with a third species, this can be ​ (d)   that the first two species are more ​ (e)   to each other than to the third species.

• two species
• structure
• not shared
• evidence
• closely related

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

​ (a)   can become very different from a ​ (b)   if they have been separated into ​ (c)   where different traits are ​ (d)   .

• Species
• common ancestor population
• different environments
• adaptive

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Over many ​ (a)   and very long periods of time, many ​ (b)   changes can build up to ​ (c)   differences in ​ (d)   .

• generations
• small
• large
• body structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When the ​ (a)   is ​ (b)   over time, ​ (c)   stay ​ (d)   when the environment changes over time, body structures may ​ change due to ​ (e)   .

• environment
• mostly the same
• body structures
• stable
• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Unscramble the sentence.

• speciation

• The process of

• organism.

• can occur with

• any type of

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Match the following

• Shared structure

• a part of an organism (for example, one or more bones)

• Species

• a scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth

• Body structure

• the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

• Evolution

• a body structure in two or more species that features the same parts (for example, the same bones)

• Paleontologist

• a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3