Thursday, August 27, 2015

Great Transformations


Watch the video, Great Transformations, and answer the following questions:

  1. What are the scientists studying in this video?  What types of evidence are they looking at? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)
  1. What evidence supports the evolutionary history of whales? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)
  1. What is a transitional form?  What is an example of transitional form?
  1. Why are scientists studying spines?
  1. Why are scientists interested in different ways animals travel?
  1. What evidence can you discuss that shows connections of all living things?  Give specific examples.
  1. Give examples of signposts or key species in the “tree of life”.
  1. What allowed major events in life history?