Evolutionary History Unit 1.1-1.3

A scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth is called a what?

• geologist

• scientist

• paleontologist

• biologist

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To compare organisms, both living and dead, paleontologists look at ________.

• bone structures

• drawings

• books

• lesson plans

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When paleontologists discover a new fossil, they compare it to other fossils that have already been found and to living organisms to look for______.

• differences

• similarities

• answers

• skeletons

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a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

• whales

• animals

• organisms

• species

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What bone structures are included in the one, two, many method? (click ALL that apply)

• the distal bones

• the radius and the ulna

• knee

• humerus

what is a shared structure?

• looking exactly the same (for example twins)

• sharing a home

• Ancestors

• a body structure in two or more species that features the same parts (for example, the same bones)

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Together we annotated our reading, "How You Are Like a Blue Whale." What is annotate?

• summarize

• take notes, highlight, and explain key points and main ideas.

• make inferences

• figuring out something that wasn't completely explained in the story.

Blue whales live in the ocean with fish but they are not fish at all. They are actually _______.

• fish

• mammals

• reptiles

• amphibians

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Blue whales share many body structures with humans such as________. (click all that apply)

• producing milk for their babies

• Breathing with their lungs

• Gills and fins to swim

• limb bone structures

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Why do whales have limb bone structures hidden in their skin, fat and muscles?

• to grow out legs

• they are leftover from when whales' ancestors had legs and walked on land.

• because it's a trend

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