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Unit 2: Fossil Record/ Evolution
Vocabulary
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Additional Questions/Notes
I can identify
the time
periods in
which
different fossil
organisms
existed on
Earth.
Pre-Cambrian
Era
Time Period Walk Through (handout)
Paleozoic Era
Q. What is the oldest Time Period?
Mesozoic Era
A. Pre-Cambrian
Cenozoic Era
Q. What Time Period are we currently living in?
Date:
Sept. 16 –
Sept. 29
Geologic
Timescale
A. Cenozoic
Mass Extinction
Q. What is the order for the time Periods from oldest to
youngest?
Pages:
____ through
____
I can analyze
pictorial data
from the fossil
record to
identify any
changes in
organisms
through time.
A. Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Trilobite
Index Fossil
variety
Q. What 3 items help us compare animals to their ancestors or to
living organisms today?
A. DNA, Teeth, Bone Structure.
Date:
Sept. 28/29
Q. These are the ancestors of a horse. What can you identify in
this picture?
A. a change in organisms over time
I can
investigate
data from the
fossil record
showing mass
Cretaceous
period, Tertiary
period,
Paleogene
period,
Q. What Evidence do we have that splits the Mesozoic and
Cenozoic?
A. K-T boundary
extinctions or
abundance of
life based on
fossil
evidence.
foraminifera,
extinction,
fossil,
sediment,
morphology
Q. How can you determine if a mass extinction event
occurred?
A. If a large number of species went extinct in a short
amount of time.
Date:
Sept. 28- Oct.
12
Q. What is the definition of mass extinction?
A. The extinction of a large number of species within a
relatively short period of geological time, thought to be due
to factors such as a catastrophic global event or widespread
environmental change that occurs too rapidly for most
species to adapt.
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I can compare
the anatomical
structures of
modern
species to
determine
how closely
they are
related.
Unit 2: Fossil Record/ Evolution
Vocabulary
Anatomy
DNA
Common
Ancestor
Single-celled
organisms
Outgroup
Phylogeny
Evolution
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Additional Questions/Notes
Completed “All in the Family activity”
Q. What piece of evidence did we use to say that hippos
and whales were the closest living relatives to each other?
A. DNA
Q. How can we compare these two organisms?
A. Bone Structure/anatomy.
I can collect
data to use as
evidence when
writing a
scientific
explanation
showing the
relationship
between
whales and
Mesonychids
Cetaceans
Perissodactyl
Artiodactyl
Ungulate
Q.
ancient
mammals.
What does the bone structure of these say about their
past?
A. they have a common ancestor.
I can use
evidence to
develop a
scientific
explanation
showing the
relationship
between
whales and
ancient
mammals.
I can analyze
pictorial data
to sequence
developing
embryos from
early, middle,
and late stages
of
development.
Q. How can we compare Mesonychids with modern day
whales?
A. Their Primitive whale teeth.
Embryo
Species
Vertebrate
Q. What Similarities do the stage 1 embryos of vertebrates
have?
A. Similarities include similar eyes, tails and visible spinal
columns.
Q. What does the first Stage tell us about a calf, Human, fish, and a
pig?
A. Common Ancestors due to similarities of the embryos
Q. Odd one out
A. Fish/14
Q. What difference do stage 3 pigs and chickens have?
Snout and beak, a chicken has wings and a pig would have 4 legs.
Q. Describe a trend you observed as the embryos developed from
stage to stage.
A) The Embryos become more developed as you go from stage to
stage.