LTLT#3 Pre Assessment

LTLT#3 Pre Assessment

Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________ Class Period: ______________________

1. A scientist finds some fossils of an extinct species of fish. What could she do by studying the fossils? Circle all that apply

A.    She could discover similarities and differences between the features of the extinct fish, and those of currently existing fish.

B.    She could make inferences about how the environment has changed.

C.    She could discover what physical features the extinct species had.

D.    She could get excited about a new discovery.

2. One of my favorite animals is the Moose. In complete sentences, list at least three ways that the moose has adapted to its environment.

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3. Why might giraffes have long necks? 5-7 sentences.

3. Which is the BEST evidence that the earth has evolved, or changed over geologic time?

A.    Coral reefs that slowly changed size

B.    Desert sand dunes that were shaped by wind

C.    Deposits of sediment found at the mouth of a river

D.    Rock containing fossilized seashells found on a mountaintop.

4. Compare and contrast a dog and a wolf

Similarities: List at least 4 ways they are similar 1. 2. 3. 4.

Differences: List at least four ways that they are different 1. 2. 3. 4.

  

  5. Why are the wolf and the dog similar?

   

6. A population is a group of individuals of the same species. Can a number of individuals with certain traits in a population change because the environment changes?

A.    Yes, when the environment changes, individuals can change their inherited traits to better fit the environment.

B.    Yes, when the environment changes, individuals with certain inherited traits survive and reproduce and other individuals with different inherited traits die.

C.    No, the number of individuals with certain inherited traits in a population changes randomly from one generation to the next, never as a result of changes in the environment.

D.    No, the proportion of individuals with certain inherited traits in a population cannot change because a population is all one species, and will always have the same inherited traits.

7. Analyze the data from this fossil record of a horse.

Why the horse hoof has evolved or changed over time?

A.    The type of land it walked on changed (Change in terrain)

B.    In order to be seen better, and separate itself from the other animals

C.    So man could ride it more easily

D.    The horse wanted to become bigger.

8. How does this comic strip relate to adaptations?

9. How has this animal adapted to its environment?

10. What is this adaptation called?

11. This illustration show the pelvic bones of a baleen whale, and the hind limb bones of extinct whales and whale ancestors.

The presence of these bones in the baleen whale and extinct whale provides evidence that:

A.    Whales can travel on land when necessary

B.    Whales evolved from four legged creatures due to their environment

C.    Whale have functional legs that are hidden by fat and skin

D.    Whales are developing into four legged animals in order to return to the land.

12. Some individual members of a species of organism were moved to a new location, that a different environment from their original home. Over time, what could happen after many generations?

A.    The descendants would like the same as the original individuals because species do not change.

B.    The descendants would look different from the original individuals in some ways, and they would look the same in some ways.

C.    The descendants would become a completely different species that would have no similarities to the original individuals

D.    The descendants would look the same as the original individuals because the environment does not affect how species look.

13. What is an adaptation that you had to make when you started middle school?

14. If you could pick ANY adaption or change to yourself,

A.    What would it be?

B.    Why would you pick that change?

15. What are adaptions?