Unit 6: Concept 3 - Evidence of Evolution

Question 1

What is paleontology?

Answer 1

study of pre-historic life through fossil record

Question 2

What are fossils?

Answer 2

preserved remains of organisms

Question 3

What are transitional fossils?

Answer 3

link ancestral species to their descendants

Question 4

What is morphology?

Answer 4

study of form of living things

Question 5

What are homologous structures?

Answer 5

similar structures that suggest evidence of common ancestry (divergent)

Question 6

What are vestigial structures?

Answer 6

structures with little/no functions to the organism (divergent)

Question 7

What are analogous structures?

Answer 7

similar structures that evolved independently in different organisms due to serving similar purposes (convergent)

Question 8

What is biogeography?

Answer 8

study of geographic distribution of plants/animals

Question 9

What are endemic species?

Answer 9

species that exist only in 1 geographic region

Question 10

What is embryology?

Answer 10

study of embryo development

Question 11

What is biochemistry?

Answer 11

study of chemical processes in living things

Question 12

What is direct observation?

Answer 12

microevolution directly observed due to short life cycles that reproduce quickly