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Evolution
Section 2 Evidence of Evolution

Main Idea Details

Scan Section 2 of the chapter. List the lines of evidence that


support Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

Review
Vocabulary Use your book or dictionary to define fossil.
fossil

New
Vocabulary Use your book or dictionary to define the following terms.
derived trait

ancestral trait

homologous structures
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vestigial structure

analogous structures

embryo

biogeography

fitness

camouflage

mimicry

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Section 2 Evidence of Evolution (continued)

Main Idea Details

Support for Summarize the role that anatomy plays in teaching us about
Evolution evolution by completing the table below.
I found this information Structure What is it? Example
on page . Homologous
structure

Analogous
structure

Vestigial
structure

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Embryo

Identify ways scientists interpret relationships among species by


completing the organizer below.

Scientists to interpret
combine relationships
data from among species.

154 Evolution
Name Date

Section 2 Evidence of Evolution (continued)

Main Idea Details

Adaptation Compare similarities and differences between adaptations and


I found this information non-adaptations by writing yes or no in the table. Then give an
on page . example of an adaptation and a non-adaptation.

Characteristics Adaptations Non-Adaptations


inherited traits
increase survival or
reproduction
by-product arising from
other evolutionary
changes
Example:

Apply Give examples of how animals use camouflage and mimicry


in order to protect themselves. Use examples that are not given in
your book.

Camouflage Mimicry
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Structural
Adaptations

Analyze how antibiotics can lose their effectiveness over time.

S UMM ARIZE Explain why fossils are important tools in understanding


evolution.

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