Evolutionary History and Relationships

Page 1: What is the fossil record?

• the collection of all fossils that scientists have collected

• an accumulation of scientists

• a drawing of a fossil collection

• a music record scientists like to listen to

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

(Page 1) True or False: The fossil record is complete.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Page 1: Which dinosaur is the earliest evidence scientists have found of feathers?

• archeopteryx

• maniraptora

• fossil record

• jurassic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Page 1: What is a paleontologist?

• someone who studies dinosaurs

• someone who studies prehistoric life

• someone who studies birds

• someone who studies evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 1: Organisms that have similar anatomical structures might...

• be twins

• live in the same area

• have a common ancestor

• have mutated

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 2: What does a cladogram show?

• relationships between different species

• how much different animals have changed

• how one animal evolved into another

• the possible outcomes of a mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 2: What trait separates birds from lizards according to the cladogram?

• fur

• claws or nails

• lungs

• feathers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 2: What is the best definition of a common ancestor?

• an ancestor that two separate organisms evolved from

• an organism from which an organism evolved from

• a trait that separates two organisms

• ancestors that have a backbone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 2: What separates a hagfish from the rest of the animals?

• feathers

• lungs

• claws or nails

• jaws

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Page 3: What might a similarity between the structure of two organisms' bones mean?

• the two organisms use the bones for the same function

• the two organisms live in the same environment

• the two organisms might have a common ancestor

• the organisms might hunt the same type of prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2