VOCAB #7: Common Ancestry

Body part that has lost its original function through evolution

• vestigial structure

• embryology

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

Body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function

• analogous structure

• natural selection

• vestigial structure

• homologous structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth

• natural selection

• embryology

• variation

• analogous structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure

• vestigial structure

• adaption

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations

• variation

• adaptation

• selective breeding

• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Study of similarities and differences among structures of liviing species

• variation

• adaptation

• naturalist

• comparative anatomy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Change over time in populations of related organisms

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• embryology

• biological evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• pedigree

• hybrid

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

A diagram used to show relationships among organisms

• cladogram

• comparative anatomy

• speciation

• bological

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Formation of a new and distinct species from a species already in existence

• biological evolution

• natural selection

• speciation

• embryology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4