1. KEY CONCEPTReptiles, birds, and mammals are amniotes. 2. Amniote embryos develop in a fluid-filled sac.The amniotic sac contains everything an embryo needs to grow. some…
Slide 1Dinosaurs Slide 2 What shared novelties unite the dinosaurs? Dinosaur means "Terrible lizards" Dinosaurs were mostly large, bipedal or quadrupedal diapsid…
Slide 1 Evidence of Evolution Palaeontology o Fossils o Transitional forms Biogeography o Selective environmental pressure o Continental drift Comparative anatomy o Homologous…
Slide 1Chong yee ting 6s (3) Slide 2 Class:Aves Homoiotherm vertebrates There are around 10,000 living species Most birds can fly, walk and run, many can swim and dive Size…
Slide 1 Vertebrates Hagfish Lampreys Sharks Bony fish Land vertebrates Coelacanth Many groups known only from fossils Cladogram of vertebrates, stressing early forms from…
Slide 1 Intraspecific variation Variation accounted for by individual, age, and sex differences seen within every biological species Slide 2 Interspecific variation Variation…
No intermediate forms? This false claim reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution. Evolution is Predictive Evolution predicts that transitional forms should appear…
Birds and the Origin of Flight Major Features The Aves or birds contains about 9,000 species, ranking it second only to the bony fish in number of species Feathers Associated…
Birds Class: Aves Information on Birds About 10,000 species of birds Smallest is a 5 cm bee hummingbird Largest is a 2.7 m ostrich Come in all colors Some can even mimic…