Fossils
"pass it on"
"no wonder you're extinct"
"under the sea"
Earth day + factoids
100
According to students: True or False
True
100
True or False; An acquired trait can be passed on to offspring.
False
100
This is an example of a _______.
(dinosaur) fossil
100
True or false; Scientists believe life began in the ocean as single celled organisms over 3.8 billion years ago.
True
100
Name one way you could celebrate earth day.
<Answers will vary>
200
What type of fossil is pictured below?
a fish
200
A change in DNA that may lead to a different trait.
mutation
200
When does a species becomes a a new species?
When it no longer interbreeds with other populations.
200
The colossal squid is found near what contentient?
Antarctica
200
Approximately, how old is Earth?
4.5 billion years old
300
In this image, the saber tooth cat is in the _____ layer.
Youngest (newest)
300
A process in which humans actively choose with traits are targeted to be passed on.
Artificial selection
300
According to the below diagram, birds are most closely related to ______.
Crocodiles
300
Estimate, what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered with water? (+/- 3%)
71%
300
In the past several hundred years; over time the rate of extinction has ______.
Increased
400
What might an archeologist learn about a recently found fossil of an unknown species?
1. when it lived
2. habitat it lived in
3. other organisms that lived at the same time
400
The process where individuals best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on their advantageous traits.
"survival of the fittest"
400
When an organism spits off the tree. This is called _____.
divergence
400
In class, what evidence did we use to support whale evolving from land mammals to ocean mammals?
1. whale embryos have hind limbs
2. adult fossil records
400
What are two possible causes for a species to go extinct?
1. Natural disaster
2. climate change
3. loss of food source
500
A fundamental principle in geology, states that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layer will be at the bottom and the youngest layer will be at the top.
law of superposition
500
The sickle cell mutation (hh) affect(s) _______.
Both the structure and function of a red blood cell.
500
In Jurassic Park (1993), to what location was Nedry driving the stolen embryos?
(East) docks
500
Approximately, how many millions of tons of plastic are in the ocean?
75-199 million tons
500
In Independence Day, what did Will Smith's character, Captain Steven Hiller, say right after punching an alien that he encountered for the first time?
"Welcome to Earth!"