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Evolution Evidence
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Molecules that contain the genes for an organism. | DNA |
| Structures an organism has but does not use, but their ancestors did. | Vestigial Structures |
| Buried remains of once living organisms. | Fossils |
| The study of embryos to show close relation between species. | Embryology |
| Similar structures found in different organisms. | Homologous structures |
| An organism that multiple different species evolved from. | Common ancestor |
| If organisms are more closely related to each other, they should share (more or less) DNA? | More |
| Whales have a vestigial structure left over from their land animal ancestors. What is it? | Tiny hip bone |
| Fossils found deeper in the ground are (older or younger) than other found higher up. | older |
| What is the fossil record? | A record of the fossils found to show the history of living things. |