Dec 17, 2015
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EvolutionThe ErasFossils and Earth
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This kind of dating will tell you if something is older or younger
than something else.
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This kind of dating will tell you the age
of something in years.
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What are uncomformities
caused by?
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How can geologists tell if rock layers are undisturbed?
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Solve the rock layer puzzle below: list from oldest to youngest:
abcde
f
abcde
g
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What tool helps scientists (and us) manage and understand all
of the 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history?
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What are the 5 ways fossils form?
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What do trace fossils tell us?
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How do index fossils help scientists?
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What does plate tectonics explain?
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This is the era of mammals.
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Cyanobacteria increased oxygen
levels during this time.
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This is the largest know mass
extinction.
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The Cambrian Explosion occurred during this era.
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This era ended with the Cretaceous-Tertiary, or K-T,
Extinction.
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What theory do fossils and the fossil record provide
evidence for?
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For example thickness of fur is one kind and migration is
another.
What are the two general categories of adaptations?
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Of the 4 parts of natural selection, why do some
species overproduce offspring?
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What are the 3 causes of
extinction?
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What are the 3 events that can
lead to speciation.
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What’s missing from the following:
________, Phylum, _______,
Order, ________, Genus, ______
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The scientific name for the Asian elephant is
Elephas maximus
What’s its genus?
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What do scientists look at to classify living things?
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A group of moth species with dark brown wings gets separated from its population. In its new environment, the trees have lighter bark than their old environment. What is a physical adaptation that might develop for these moths?
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The fact that an organism’s offspring would not all be identical is an example of
_____?
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Relative Dating
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Absolute Dating
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Erosion and Lack of Depostion
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Rock layers are horizontal
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Rock Layer Puzzle e,d,c,f,b,a,g
abcde
fg
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Geologic Time Scale
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Fossils form 1. in sediment (rocks), 2. in ice, 3. in amber (sap), 4. in asphalt (tar), and 5. through petrification
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Trace fossils tell about organisms' activities
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Index fossils helpestablish age of a rock
layer.
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Plate tectonics explainshow tectonic plates move
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Cenozoic Erais the age of mammals
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Cyanobacteria increased oxygen levels, allowing live on land,
during
Precambrian Time
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The
Permian Extinctionis the largest known extinction
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Paleozoic Era
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Mesozoic Era
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Evolution
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Fur – PhysicalMigration- Behavioral
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Why overproduce? To increase the odds/chances
that some of the offspring will survive.
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New predatorsLoss of habitat
Increased competition
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SeparationAdaptation
Reproductive Isolation
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Kingdom
Class
Family, Species
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Elephas
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Characteristics
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Their wing color may become lighter in order to match the
trees…..would increase chances of survival
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Inherited variation
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