Inheriting Traits
Habitats
Evolution
Forming Fossils
Fossil Age
Layers of the Earth
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
100
A ____ is how an organism looks.
One example that a fish has is _____.
Trait
Scales, Gills, Fins, Being blue
(Or any other fish trait)
100
A _____ is a place where an organism lives.
Three examples are ______, _______, and ______.
Habitat
Desert, Forest, Arctic, Rain Forest, Ocean, Grassland (Or any other habitat)
100
An organisms traits are determined by its _____.
DNA
100
Most organisms ____ become fossils because _____.
Do Not
They are eaten by other animals
100
If we observe two fossils buried in the same layer, we would infer __________.
They are the same age
100
The 4 layers of the Earth are _____, _____, ______, and ______.
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
100
The most recent supercontinent, _________, was formed ______ years ago.
Pangaea
300 Million
100
The _____ is divided into 12 plates, which float on top of the liquid _____.
Crust
Mantle
200
A ______ is what an organism does.
One example for a fish is ____.
Behavior
Swimming, eating other fish, breathing oxygen, sleeping, jumping (Or any other fish behavior)
200
In its habitat, an organism can meet its need for _____, ______, ______, and ______.
Food
Water
Shelter
Air
200
A change in DNA is called a _________, and can be ______, ________, or _______.
Mutation
Helpful, Harmful, Neutral
200
Give two examples of soft parts of an organism, and two examples of hard parts.
Organs, Skin, Fur
Bones, Teeth, Claws
200
The youngest fossils are buried ______ while the oldest fossils are buried ________.
Close to the surface
Deeper down
200
The only layer Scientists can directly observe is the ____ because ______.
Crust
It is too hot to dig deeper
200
When Wegener first proposed the theory of continental drift, _____, but now, ______.
It was Rejected
It is widely accepted
200
The best evidence for Plate Tectonics is Sea-Floor spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
This is a mountain range in the _____, where new rock ______, pushing apart the continents of _____ and ____.
Atlantic Ocean
Rises to the surface
Africa and South America OR Europe and North America
300
You can inherit your parent's _______, but not your parent's ________.
Traits
Behaviors
300
I predict this organism lives in __________, because its webbed feet help it ___________, to meet its need for ________.
The pond
Swim Faster to catch food; Food
Swim Faster to escape predators; Shelter
300
A fish in polluted water is born with brown scales.
This mutation is _________ because ___________.
Helpful
It will help the fish to camouflage.
300
It is hard to study ancient organisms because _______, so instead we learn about them by ______.
Time machines aren't real; they lived in prehistory; we can't observe them directly
Observing Fossils and making inferences
300
I infer the youngest organisms are the _______ because _______.
Early horses
They are buried closest to the top
300
We can observe pieces of the mantle, called _____, when ______.
Magma
Volcanoes Erupt
300
Why would it be surprising to find a coral fossil in an arctic habitat?
Coral lives in warm climates, but arctic habitats are near the poles where it is very cold.
300
In a convection current,
Warm Rock ______ but Cool Rock ______
Warm rock rises but cool rock falls
400
Describe the difference between a biological parents and a care-taking parent.
Your biological parents gave birth to you, but your care-taking parents raised you.
For some people, they are the same and for others they are different.
400
Habitats near the ________ are the warmest because __________.
Equator
Always get direct sunlight
400
DNA is stored in the cell's ________ and can mutate when _______.
Nucleus
It is being copied
400
In mud or sand, the soft parts ______, but in ice or amber the soft parts _____.
Decompose
Are Preserved
400
A fossil scientists know the exact age of is called an _____ Fossil.
The best ones:
a)
b)
Index Fossil
Lived in Many Places
For a short period of time
400
The crust is made of _____, the mantle is made of _____, and the core is made of _____.
Solid Rock
Liquid Rock
Metal
400
When scientists found the same lizard fossil in Antarctica, South America, and Africa, they knew ______, so they inferred _________.
It couldn't swim that far
The continents drifted
400
There will always be convection currents in the mantle because ______.
The core will always be hotter than the crust
500
A biological parent from long ago is called an ______.
Two sets of organisms with a common one may develop different traits over time because _________.
Ancestor
They live in different habitats
500
I think this organism lived in _______ because it has _______ to help it ________, which meets its need for _______.
I think the habitat is near the _______, which are always cold because ______.
The Arctic
Thick Fur; Stay warm; Shelter
White Fur; Camouflage; Shelter
Poles; never get direct sunlight
500
During the industrial revolution, black wings were helpful for moths because ________.
Black wings were helpful for moths so _______.
It was easier for the moths to camouflage on the black trees.
The population of black moths increased.
500
You want to study the size and shape of a lizard's heart.
Do you want a mud fossil or an amber fossil?
An amber fossil because then the heart would be preserved
500
The best index fossil would be _____ because _____.
Ammonite because it is found in every region but only one layer.
500
The mantle and core are similar because _____.
The mantle and core are different because _____.
They are both deeper than the crust. They are both very hot. Scientists cannot directly observe them.
The mantle is made of rock, but the core is made of metal. The core is even hotter than the mantle. We can see parts of the mantle during a volcano but we can never see parts of the core.
500
Give three pieces of evidence to support continental drift.
1) Same fossil found on multiple continents
2) Continent edges fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
3) Coral near the poles
4) Mammoths near the equator
500
Describe the steps of the convection current in the mantle:
1) Hot magma _____
2) The magma ____
3) Cooling magma ____
Hot magma rises to the surface
The magma pushes the plates apart
Cooling magma sinks back to the core