Evolution Vocabulary

Simple life forms gradually evolve into more complex ones.

• Theory of Spontaneous Generation

• Theory of Natural Selection

• Theory of Evolution

• Theory of Attraction

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The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• extinct

• endangered

• minerals

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Which of the following can be learned by using the fossil record?

• When organisms changed or evolved

• when organisms appeared on Earth

• when organisms became extinct

• All the above

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_________ ______ indicates that organisms share a common ancestor, It also assists scientists in classifying organisms based on their anatomical structures.

• Analogous structures
• Comparative Anatomy

• Convergent structures
• Homologous structures

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What are the two types of anatomical structures in regards to the theory of evolution?

• Homologous and analogous structures
• Animal and plant structures
• Big and small structures
• Red and blue structures

Pertains to similar anatomical structures in different species with a COMMON ancestor or developmental origin.

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Homogeneity
• Heterogeneity

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These type of structures may NOT necessarily perform the same function. For example the flipper of a whale, wing of a bat.

• Homologous structures
• Ancestral structures
• Convergent structures
• Analogous structures

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Anatomical structures that serve no apparent function. Ex. the appendix in humans.

• Functional structures
• Obsolete organs
• Useful appendages
• Vestigial structures

These anatomical structures have a similar function, but the two species do NOT share a common ancestry.

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• anatomical structures

Anatomy of embryos are compared from different species through the embryos development, this can support common ancestry.

• Comparative embryology
• Fetal comparison
• Developmental anatomy
• Evolutionary embryology

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