Fossils
Fossils that tell us that there was a past uplift event
What are fossil shells on a mountain top
The body parts that we have but could live without
What are Vestigial Structures
An organism in any stage of development before it is born.
What is an embryo
We've been referring to DNA as this
What is the code of life
Because bugs and bacteria have short generations
Scientists must be careful about pesticides and antibiotics.
Fossil type that gives us information about the past climate
What are shapes of leaf edges
The term for body parts that are the same in structure, but different in function
What are Homologous Structures
Structure that human and fish embryos both have.
What are gill slits
The tiny units that DNA make up that when strung together, create proteins
What are Amino Acids
The gene responsible for creating digits in many organisms
What is Sonic Hedgehog.
Physical characteristics
The term for body parts that are similar in function, but different in form
What are Analogous Structures
By pointing out similarities in embryos across different species, we can make inferences about how closely related the species are.
What is True
The correct name for DNA
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Bone pattern found in the forelimbs of organisms homologous to humans
What is: 1 bone, 2 bones, many bones, digits
Scientists who study fossils
Paleontologist
Based on the pictures of the hearts Mrs. Brittain will show you, which organism is most closely related to humans?
What is bird
The organisms these two embryos belong to
What is rabbit and human
The more sequences in DNA two organisms have, the more _________________ they are.
What is: more closely related
The overarching topic on our summative Thursday
What is Evidence for Evolution
Fish who's fossil we studied morphology in during the Fossil Lab
What is Adventurian
Darwin relied heavily on Comparative Anatomy to create his theory of evolution in the early 1800's
What is true.
Darwin studied embryos during his research in the early 1800's.
What is false
The name of the protein we compared amino acids in
What is Cytochrome C
Archosaurs
What are a major group of reptiles