Evolution Comparative Anatomy

Honey possums lick nectar from flowers using a long tongue made out of soft muscle. Butterflies lick nectar from flowers using a long tongue made of hard protein. What type of structure is the long tongues?

• Analogous structure

• Homologous structure

• Fossil record

• Vestigial Structure

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The blind cave fish spends its entire lifespan in the dark, and does not have pigment in its scales (see the bottom image - the reddish looking one). If this cave fish had eyes, its eyes would be considered...

• ...a vestigial organ.

• ...an adaptation to fit its environment.

• ...unreliable.

• ...an analogous structure.

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What is the same part in different organisms in a variety of shapes and forms, showing a degree of relation between organisms?

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Embryology

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What is a structure or organ (body part) that is either smaller in size or has no use left over from evolution?

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Species

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What is the comparison of body structures and how they vary among species?

• Biological Evolution

• Geological Evolution

• Common Ancestry

• Comparative Anatomy

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What is equivalent structures in different organisms that do not come from a common ancestor, but perform the same function?

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Dichotomous Key

What is the process whereby earth's life changes over time through changes in the genes of populations?

• Biological Evolution

• Geological Evolution

• Continental Drift

• Dichotomous Key

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What are organisms that have a close genetic relationship with the same extinct species?

• Biological Evolution

• Geological Evolution

• Common Ancestry

• Comparative Anatomy

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What states that organisms change and develop over time to adapt an increase rate of survival?

• Biological Evolution

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Evolution

• Tectonic Plates

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The study of the similarity and differences in body structures between species.

• comparative anatomy

• embryology

• molecular biology

• archaeology

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