Cladograms
Common Ancestors
Fossils
Embryos
Random Knowledge
100

Organisms always have the traits that are listed on their line or below them on an evolutionary tree-true or false. 

True

100

What is one type of evidence that can help scientists determine whether organisms share a common ancestor?

Comparing embryos and anatomical structures

100

You and you friends are at ledges and you see a bunch of layers of rock, which layer would the youngest rock be on?

The top layer of rocks

100

What do you call an organism in its early stages of development?

Embryo

100

How many years has Ms. Simonsen been teaching?

10 years

200

If two organisms are on the same branch, (U shape) then they are _________ related

closely 

200

What do you call an orgaisum from the past that two or more groups evolved from?

Common Ancestor

200

What do you call it when more than one organism dies off and there fossils disappear?

Mass extinction 
200

Two different species have embryos that look very similar in their early stages. What might this suggest?

Common ancestor or that they are closely related or evolved from the same thing. 

200

How old is Ms. Simonsen's daughter about to turn? 

7 years old

300

The farther away from an organism you get on an evolutionary tree means the organisms are: 

Not closely related

300

A human and a dolphin have similar bone patterns in their front limbs. What does this suggest?

They may have inherited these structures from a common ancestor.

300

What do you call it when there is a large amount of variety in a rock layer?

Biodiversity

300

Scientists compare the early embryos of a dolphin, a shark, and a wolf. The dolphin and wolf share more developmental features than either shares with the shark. Which two organisms are likely more closely related?

Dolphin and wolf

300

What is Charli's Favorite Dinosaur?

Archeopteryx (duh)

400

Two organisms share three similar traits, while a third organism shares only one of those traits with them. What does this most likely suggest about their evolutionary relationships?

A. The two organisms with three shared traits are more closely related because they share a more recent common ancestor.

B. The two organisms with three shared traits are less closely related because they are more different.

C. All three organisms are equally related because they share at least one trait.

D. The organism with only one shared trait is the oldest organism alive today.

A. The two organisms with three shared traits are more closely related because they share a more recent common ancestor.

400

Are Sharks and Whales closely related?

Nope

400

Why might a fossil of a snail have only the shell instead of the fleshy body

because only the shell fossilized and the body decomposes

400

What do you call the embryo inside a seed?

Cotyledon 

400

What town does Ms. Simonsen live in?

Bondurant

500

Scientists compare a shark, a dolphin, a sea otter, and a wolf using a cladogram. The dolphin, sea otter, and wolf share a more recent common ancestor with one another than with the shark. Who do the dolphins share a more recent common ancestor with? 

Sea otter and wolf

500

Why do we compare embryos in EARLY stages when looking for similarities to determine common ancestors?

Because as they reach late development, their traits become specific and early traits may go away. 

500

What fossil do scientists say connects birds and dinosoars 

Archeopteryx 

500

How do you know if 2 plants are closely related?

They have to have the same number of cotyledon (plant embryos) 

500

What enriched class and which normal class has the most wins so far in terms of assessment scores? 

4th enriched and 7th normal! Way to go! SO proud of you!