Vocabulary
Define DESCENDANT SPECIES
Species that has adapted/come from an ancestral population
TRUE or FALSE: Multiple species can be descendants of more than one species.
TRUE
Which three species was the mystery fossil compared to?
Whale, wolf, and alligator/crocodile
In your own words, define COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Study of similar body structures in species
Why might someone do a dissection (aside from comparing structures?
Autopsy, Diet, Disease, etc.
Define DISSECTION (definition and purpose)
Separating the body parts of a species to study its anatomical features.
What is a common ancestor population?
The group of species with traits at the beginning of the ancestral tree
Name a body structure you could explore on the Amplify simulation
Vertebrae, jaws, limbs, neck, humerus, radius, ulna
What are some similar structures (at least 2) between Cats and Dogs?
4 legged, similar bone structure, feet/paw pattern, nose, etc.
What is an example of a limb?
arm, leg, fin, etc.
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Use the word Evolution and Adapt/adaptation in a sentence correctly.
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What are the causes of evolution?
Change in habitat, diet, location, etc.
Why is it important to study Embryos in Comparative Anatomy?
Analyze similar structures/possible common ancestry as early as the embryo stage (before birth)
What is the difference between INVERTEBRATE and VERTEBRATE?
Invertebrates = no spine
Vertebrate = spine
What makes a frog an amphibian?
Lives in both water and on land (definition of amphibian)
Which species are the closest related on an ancestral tree?
The ones on the closest/nearest branches
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Name three species on the Species Cards
Meganeura, Titanotylopus, Dire Wolf, Camel, Fruit Bat, etc.
Why do a bat's wing and a bird's wing look similar on the outside, but are considered different types of structures when studying evolution, even though they both allow for flight?
In populations separated into different environments, what process causes different changes to happen to each population? (hint: 2 words)
Natural Selection
Use 4 vocab words correctly in a sentence
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There is a theory that dolphins and dogs have a common ancestor. What might have happened that caused the ancestor to evolve/split into dolphins and wolves?
Different habitat, diet, massive change of some kind to the environment, etc.
Which group of mammals would you find in the CETACEAN group?
Whales
How are paleontology and comparative anatomy related?
Both study species' structures to find evidence of common ancestry
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What is Speciation?
The process by which a new species is formed, or how a species evolves into two different species