click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Biology: Chapter 152
Chapter 15.2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fossil | remains or traces of an organism that died long ago |
| Superposition | states that if the rock strata at a location have not been disturbed, the lowest stratum was formed before the strata above it |
| Relative Age | age compared to that of other fossils |
| Absolute Age | the time since formation |
| Biogeography | the study of the locations of organisms around the world |
| Homologous Structure | anatomical structures that occur in different species and that originated by heredity from a structure in the most recent common ancestor of the species |
| Analogous Structure | anatomical structures that have closely related functions but do not derive from the same ancestral structure |
| Vestigial Structure | structures that serve no purpose but that resemble structures with functional roles in related organisms |
| Phylogeny | the relationships by ancestry among groups of organisms |