Terms & Definitions
Comparative Embryology
Comparative Anatomy
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What is Anatomy?
The Study of Body Structures
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Name one structure that every animal has in common throughout all of development?
Eyes or Tails
100
Based on this evidence, which to animals are the most structurally similar?
The human and the turtle
100
What is one environmental change that this creature adapted to (like we saw in the video)?
Land to water- legs to flippers
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What type of animal is Mrs. Stavert's creepy albino friend in the corner of the room?
Albino Badger
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What is an embryo?
An organism in its earliest stage of development
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Which two animals changed the least? (Kept the most structures throughout development?)
A and B (Fish and Salamander)
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Which two animals are more structurally similar: the bird and the bat OR the bat and the human?
The bat and the human
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How could this evidence point to humans and these animals possibly sharing common ancestors?
They all have similar bones, just in different structures
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Which scary movie sold more movie tickets: The Black Phone or Smile?
The Black Phone
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What is evolution?
a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which species of animals, plants, or insects slowly change some of their physical characteristics.
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Which animals changed the most? (Kept the least amount of original structures?)
C, D, E
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What is one reason that the whale has similar bones but in a different structure pattern than a human?
They are adapted to living in an aquatic environment
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What can this evidence from the fossil record show us about how this animal evolved over time?
Similar bones show us connections, different bone structure shows us how they adapted to their environments
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What is the "tag line" for twin day tomorrow?
Friends don't let friends do drugs
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What is comparative embryology?
Study that compares and contrasts embryos of different species. It is used to show how animals are related
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Why do all these embryos begin life with tails and gills?
They share a common ancestor
OR
they all begin life in an aquatic environment
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What is the scientific term for the bones colored red?
Phalanges
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How could this evidence show that these animals possibly share a common ancestor?
They all begin as embryos that look similar and have similar structures that they do not keep into full development
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How many pounds of candy corn are sold every year during Halloween?
35 million Pounds
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What is comparative anatomy?
The study of similar and different structures in organisms.
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Why do scientists study embryology as a puzzle piece for how animals evolve?
There are structures that are present in embyros that are not present in fully formed animals
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Why is the horse structured differently than the bird, even though they have similar bones?
Horses are adapted to running, bird are adapted to flying
500
Study the table: what common trait might all of these plants inherited from a common ancestor?
xylem & phloem
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What is Bill Nye's full name?
William Stanford Nye