Evolution Phylogeny

 evolutionary branch of a cladogram that includes a single ancestor and all its descendants

• Clade

• Node

• Cladogram

• Organic Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

the points at the ends of branches which represent sequences or hypothetical sequences at various points in evolutionary history.

• Node

• Clade

• Derived Character

• Endosymbiotic Theory

structures that are similar in different species of common ancestors

similar physical features in organisms but the features serve completely different functions

• Vestigial Structures

• Taxon

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Homologous Structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

structure that is inherited from ancestors but which has lost much or all of its original function

• Vestigial Structure

• Photosynthetic Autotroph

• Systematics

• Taxon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

diagram depicting patterns of shared characteristics among species

• Phylogeny

• Cladograms

• Genetic Variation

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully and also called survival of the fittest.

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Cladograms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Changes in the genetic makeup of species in a population as a result of responding to environmental changes

• Organic Evolution

• Chemical Evolution

• Clade

• Node

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a particular lineage and was passed along to its descendants.

is the loss of a tail, a trait that first appeared in an ancestor of apes and man

• Homologous Structures

• Fossil

• Derived Characteristic

• Aerobic Heterotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

preserved remains of, or traces of, ancient organisms

• Fossil

• Homologous Structures

• Analogous Structures

• Systematics

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

body parts that share a common function, but not evolutionary history

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Endosymbiotic theory

• Derived Character