Vocabulary
When 2 or more species influence each other's evolution
what is coevolution
What is biogeography?
The study of where a species live and why
Common ancestry is a great example of the relationship between *blank* and *blank*
Life and Earth
A bird wing and an insect wing are examples of what type of structure
Analogous structure
Event that occurred 2.4 billion years ago where atmosphere was filled with oxygen
What is Great Oxygenation Event
The study of where species live and why
What is biogeography
Biogeography can help explain "this" which is the idea that many species share a familial link with each other from the past.
What is common ancestors
When different animals have have limbs with different functions but similar structure
What are homologous structures
Tailbones in humans are an example of this type of structure
What are vestigial structures
What type of organisms was responsible for the Great Oxygenation event?
What are photosynthetic bacteria?
The study of bone structures and how it is affected by factors such as age and genetics
What is bone morphology?
What can explain why we find similar fossils in continents separated by oceans?
What is continental drift / plate tectonics
Scientists use *this* in order to precisely show how closely related two species are to each other
They type of structure where bones have the same basic structure but different function
Homologous structure
When two species develop different characteristics but once shared a common ancestor
What is divergent evolution
When unrelated species evolve similar traits
convergent evolution
What would you expect of animals that evolved in similar climates
Similar traits
What is the reason as to why humans embryos and fish embryos are so similar to each other?
They once shared a common ancestor
They type of structure where bones have different structures but the same function
What are analogous structures
A humming bird evolving a longer beack because the flowers it pollinates evolved longer petals is an example of what
What is coevolution
Remnants left behind in your body of structures that once had a purpose but have been lost to evolution
What are vestigial structures
This gentleman when on an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and discovered different traits in species of birds called Finches
Who is Charles Darwin
What is 1 trait that humans have that we have inherited from a common ancestor we have with chimpanzees
What are opposable thumbs
Choose 1 of the 3 types of structures (Homologous, Analogous, Vestigial) and give an example
Correct
Give me an example of convergent evolution and explain why it is convergent
Correct