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| 9558796495 | Clade | A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants | 0 | |
| 9558796496 | Phylogeny | Phylogeny The evolutionary history of a species or group of species | 1 | |
| 9558796497 | Phylogenetic Tree | A branching diagram that shows the evolutionary tree of a group of organisms | 2 | |
| 9558796498 | Derived Character | An evolutionary novelty that is unique to a particular clade Ex.) birds' feathers | 3 | |
| 9558796499 | Monophyletic | "Single tribe"; a group of taxa that consists of a common ancestor and all of its descendants; equivalent to a clade |  | 4 |
| 9558796500 | Polyphyletic | "Many tribes"; a group of taxa derived from two or more different ancestors |  | 5 |
| 9558796501 | Paraphyletic | "Beside the tribe"; a group of taxa that consist of a common ancestor and some, but not all of its descendants |  | 6 |
| 9558796502 | Homology | structures that originated from a common ancestor and have since adapted | 7 | |
| 9558796503 | Outgroup | A species or group of species from an evolutionary lineage that is known to have diverged before the lineage that contains the group of species being studied; Its selected so that its members are closely related to the group of species being studied, but not as closely related as any study-group members are to each other | 8 | |
| 9558796504 | Analagous | structures that perform a similar function but have a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds. | 9 | |
| 9558796505 | Homologous | similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but not necessarily in function | 10 | |
| 9558796506 | Taxonomy | Linnaeus; A scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life; Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species | 11 | |
| 9558796507 | Domain | highest taxonomic rank of organisms (bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes) | 12 | |
| 9558796508 | Archaea | Domain (no nuclear membrane, prokaryote like Bacteria, but more closely related to Eukarya) | 13 | |
| 9558796509 | Eukarya | Domain (contain a membrane-bound nucleus) (this is animals and humans etc- the important one) | 14 | |
| 9558796510 | Spontaneous Origin Theory | accepted by most scientists; life developed from inanimate objects as molecules became more complex | 15 | |
| 9558796511 | Miller-Urey Experiment (1953) | simulated conditions of Earth's early atmosphere and tried to see if an electric spark could produce molecules (found that carbon compounds and then amino acids were created) | 16 | |
| 9558796512 | RNA first Theory | life originated with a basic polymer of RNA which did the work of proteins and DNA until these molecules were produced and functioned on their own (might have started with PNA- protein nucleic acid that was able to form spontaneously and self-replicate) | 17 |
