7) Rocks and Vestigial Organs

Scientists find evidence for evolution in what?

geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy

Scientists find evidence for what in geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy?

evolution

What is the fossil record?

the information from fossils and their location in rocks

What is the information from fossils and their location in rocks called?

the fossil record

The geographic location of many fossils provides what evidence?

two species with a common ancestor can develop differently in different locations

What provides the evidence that two species with a common ancestor can develop differently in different locations?

the geographic of many fossils

Similar structures with different functions in different species are another form of what?

structural evidence for evolution

What is another form of structural evidence for evolution?

similar structures with different functions in different species

What are vestigial organs?

physical structures that were fully developed and used in an ancestral group of organisms but are reduced and unused in later species

What are physical structures that were fully developed and used in an ancestral group of organisms but are reduced and unused in later species?

vestigial organs