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EvidEvolVocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fossil record | record of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth |
| geologic time scale | a chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units based on changes in the rocks and fossils |
| extinction | event that occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies |
| transitional fossil | a fossil that has characteristics of both ancestral organisms and organisms that evolved later |
| comparative anatomy | the study of similarities and differences among structures of different species |
| homologous structures | body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function |
| analogous structures | body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure |
| vestigial structure | body part that has lost its original function through evolution |
| embryology | the science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth |