Morphology
The study of the form/structure of living things. Including bone structure, exoskeletons, and appendage arrangement.
What is Morphology
The study of prehistoric life and finding commonalities between current species.
What is Paleontology?
The study of location or geographic distribution of plants and animals.
What is Biogeography?
The order of the major taxonomic ranks from broadest to most specific is: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and this.
What is Species?
This type of diagram shows the evolutionary relationships between different species.
What is a phylogenetic tree?
Similar structure because of a common ancestor, but with a different function due to being used in different environments
What are Homologous Structures?
Bones, imprints, and feces
What are Fossils?
The study of the chemical process in living things using DNA (Nucleic Acids) & Proteins.
What is Biochemistry?
In binomial nomenclature, the first part of the name represents this taxonomic rank.
What is Genus?
Each "fork" or branching point in a phylogenetic tree is called this, representing a common ancestor.
What is a Node?
These structures have little to no function/purpose to an organism.
What are Vestigial Structures?
Study of embryo development, or early formation.
What is Embryology?
Watching peppered moths become darker over time.
What is Direct Observation.
He is considered the "Father of Taxonomy" for developing the system of classification used today.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
A common ancestor that all organisms on the tree evolved from.
Similar structures with the same function due to living in similar environments, but the organisms are not related.
What are Analogous Structures?
These embryos that share this will look almost identical early on in development.
What is an Ancestor?
This single supercontinent, which existed about 250 million years ago.
What is Pangea?
This is the correct order of the 8 main taxonomic ranks, from broadest to most specific.
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
The tips or ends of branches in a phylogenetic tree represent these.
What are species (or Taxa)?
The human appendix.
What is a vestigial structure?
These fossils link ancestral species to their descendants.
What are Transitional Fossils?
These two macromolecules are used as evidence to support evolution.
What are Nucleic Acids & Proteins?
A lion's scientific name is Panthera leo. To what genus does it belong?
What is Panthera?
The branching of a family tree, also represented by a note on a phylogenetic tree.
What is Speciation?