CC Evidence of Evolution: Whale Fossils CC Cooper

The things living today can all be connected back through time to...

• Common Ancestors

• Organisms on Different Planets

• Dinosaurs

Whales are like us because they are...

• Mammals

• Fish

What indicated that what was found was a skull from an ancestral whale?

• Jaw bone

• Ear bone

• Brain cavity

• Teeth

Transitional features on fossils show...

• The types of species the organism interacted with

• What type of food the organism ate

• An evolutionary transition from one way of life to another

Whale flippers look like fins on the outside.  On the inside they look like...

• The limb of a frog

• The fin of a shark

Why are whale fossils being found in a place that looks like a desert?

• The area used to be an sea or ocean

• Whales used to live in the desert

• The fossils got moved by a storm

Scientists have concluded that an ancestor of modern day whales lived...

• On land

• In the sky

• On a different planet

Animals might have moved into the water looking for food, safety, and decreased competition

• True

• False