Fossil Record Game

Match the following

• change in a population over time

• Transitional Fossil

• fossils of organisms that are in between

• Evolution

• remains of every organism that existed

• Evidence

• remains of past organisms that lived

• Fossil Record

• Body of information that acts as proof

• Fossils

Match the following

• new species evolve suddenly

• Stasis

• lack of change in stucture

• Gradualism

• changes in characteristics are slow

• Punctuated equilibrium

• abrupt or sudden change in appearance

• Abrupt Appearance

The fossil record is the remains of ​ (a)   organism​

• every
• some
• no
• most

Which layer shows the oldest fossils?

• 7

• 3

• 2

• 1

Which layer shows the newest fossils?

• 7

• 5

• 2

• 1

Which is an example of a transitional fossil?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Punctuated Eq.

,

(b) Gradualism

,

(c) Both

,

(d) Neither

• Shows patterns in Natural Selection

• change happens over short period

• Stasis

• Abrupt appearance

• Shows patterns in evolution

• Does not support gradualism

• lack of change in structure

• Look at the fossil record

• Sudden change in structure

• change happens over long period

• Does not support punctuated equilibrium

Punctuated equilibrium is.......

• when a sudden change happens in between stasis

  (results in significantly different trait or species)

• when a slow change happens in between stasis

  (results in significantly different trait or species)

• when a sudden change happens in between stasis

  (results in significantly identical trait or species)

• when a slow change happens in between stasis

  (results in significantly identical trait or species)

What do we call a structure or species that changes slowly over an extremely long period of time

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Gradualism

• Stasis

The Fossil ​ (a)   is an example of ​ (b)   for ​ (c)   .

• record
• evidence
• evolution
• natural selection
• stasis
• gradualism
• abrupt appearance