Mystery 1 - Whales in the Desert
Mystery 2 - What did dinosaurs look like?
Mystery 4 - Animals in the future
Mystery 5 - Selection w/out people
100
Why did scientist find a whale in the middle of the desert?
This area used to be an ocean.
100
An example of evidence that dinosaurs looked like big reptiles is....
They have similar skulls to reptiles today (extra holes)
Scientist found imprint fossils of scaly dinosaur skin.
Dinosaurs laid eggs
100
There are so many different varieties of dogs because...
People chose to breed dogs with traits they wanted.
100
The baby green anoles are such good climbers because....
The poor climbing parent green anoles were eaten and less likely to have babies.
200
True/False.
A polar habitat today was always a polar habitat in the past
False
200
True/False.
We can learn about extinct animals by studying their fossils and comparing them to animals living today.
True
200
Chickens today have much larger eggs than chickens years ago. Why is that?
People selected the chickens with the biggest eggs to have babies.
200
What happened when the brown anoles arrived at lizard island?
The not-so-good climbers were eaten.
300
True/False.
When habitats change, the kinds of animals and plants that live there change too.
True
300
Animals that eat all meat are called.
Carnivores
300
The Chinese emperor wanted to have smaller dogs that could sit on his lap. How did they accomplish this?
By having the smallest dogs have babies
300
Which group of anoles was more likely to survive when the brown anoles arrived? Why?
The excellent and good climbers because they were better at climbing trees to escape.
400
How can we know what the habitat used to look like where we live?
I could dig underground for fossils. Those fossils could tell me what the area used to be like.
400
Animals that eat only plants are called
Herbivores
400
How did we get really big dogs like great danes?
By having the biggest dogs have babies.
500
You went to the quarry and found a fossil that looks like this. What kind of habitat used to be there?
An ocean, lake, or river.
500
Animals that eat both plants and meat are called
Omnivores.
500
You have these two cats and they have babies. What might the babies look like? 
From mom they could have fluffy fur.
From dad they could have stripes.
Etc.