Evolutionary History and Relationships

When organisms are descended from a single ancestor

• cladogram

• common ancestry

• evolutionary origin

• anatomical homologies

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Shows the traits that separate organisms

• cladogram

• phylogenetic tree

• evolutionary origin

• common ancestor

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Similar body parts

• ancestor

• fossil record

• paleontologist

• anatomical homologies

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Depicts evolutionary relationships

• cladogram

• ancestor

• anatomical homologies

• phylogenetic tree

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The sequence of heritable changes that occurred among species since the origin of life on Earth

• Diversity

• Fossil record

• Evolutionary history

• Anatomy

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What is the fossil record?

• The sequence of heritable changes that occurred among species since the origin of life on Earth

• When organisms are descended from a single ancestor

• The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found, showing when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

• The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

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The more similar the stages of embryonic development, the more likely that organisms share ____________

• a common ancestor.
• embryos.
• eggs.
• embryology.

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An organism from which other organisms evolved

• ancestor

• diversity

• anatomy

• fossil record

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A change in the inherited characteristics of an organism over time is ________

• evolution.

• development.

• growth.

• ancestry.

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An organism from which other organisms evolved

• ancestor

• diversity

• anatomy

• fossil record

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