Common ancestory
What are structures that are similar in structure but have different functions, suggesting a shared evolutionary origin?
What are homologous structures?
What are the three main domains of life, based on their cellular structures?
What are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya?
What is a branching diagram that visually represents the evolutionary history of a group of organisms, specifically in the order of divergence if traits?
What is a cladogram?
What is the term for when a species completely disappears from the planet?
What is extinction?
What is the study of the geographical distribution of species, revealing how organisms may have adapted to new environments
What is biogeography?
What is the principle that states all organisms share a common ancestor, tracing back to the origin of life?
What is common descent?
What is the name of the molecule that is thought to have played a crucial role in the early evolution of life?
What is RNA?
What is the term for a group of organisms that includes all of the descendants of a common ancestor?
What is a clade?
What is the term for when a large number of species die off relatively quickly, often due to major environmental changes?
What is a mass extinction?
What are the main artifacts that helped Scientists to make a timeline of the past?
What are fossils?
What type of evidence for common ancestry involves comparing the DNA sequences of different species?
What is molecular evidence?
What is the term for the process by which life arose from non-living matter?
What is abiogenesis?
What type of of diagram shows evolutionary relationships and also includes branch lengths that represent evolutionary time and change?
What is a phylogenetic tree?
Which species is the most well known that went extinct?
What are dinosaurs?
Which structures have lost their original function in certain species that provide evidence of shared ancestory?
What are vestigial structures?
Which type of diagram helps to visualize the common ancestor of a family or species?
What is a cladogram?
What are the two main stages of the hypothesized "origin of life" on Earth?
What is the development of complex molecules and the formation of self-replicating units?
In a cladogram, which point represents where a lineage splits into two different branches, signifying a shared ancestor?
What is a node?
What is the primary cause of extinction, often involving clearing land for farming and development?
What is habitat loss?
What is the strongest evidence of evolution?
What are fossil records?
Where does all of life on Earth come from?
What is one common ancestor?
What is the name of the first eukaryotic cell that is believed to have been formed by the engulfment of a bacterium by another cell?
What is the embosymbiont theory?
What is the name for the group of organisms that is used as a reference point in a cladogram to show relationships to other groups?
What is an outgroup?
Which act was created in 1973 and aims to protect endangered species and their habitats?
What is the endangered species act?
What is the field of study that compares the physical structures of different organisms, revealing common ancestry?
What is comparative embryology?