Evolution Web-quest (Part 1)

Use the following website to complete the work sheets.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/intro/Intro5to12/tour1nav.php

The History of Life

1) There may be as many as ______________________ species of animals, plants, and other organisms on
Earth.
2) The total number of animal species currently known is about___
3) More than _______

______.

__________of those species are arthropods.

4) About ___

___________ are mollusks.

5) There are only ________

6) There are more than _______

_________ different species of mammals.

_______known species of land plants.

7) How many species of fungi? ___

___ Protistas ____

______.

8) What do the sizes of the picture represent? ____

9) The _____

____ we have today is the result of ____

.
_______.

10) Define evolution in three words: ____________________________________________________

_.

11) The _____

____was 470 million years ago. During that period ____
_______
were distant relatives of squids. ___
____________were one of the first arthropods to exist
on Earth. Related to corals of today, the ____
_____coral is now extinct.
12) The ______
was 160 million years ago. During that period _____
______
dominated the land while large marine reptiles, like the _____
_______ruled the seas.
__________
____were extinct squid relatives.
13) This coral reef in the ____
______ Islands provides a ___
many different life forms. Name at least four of the creatures shown in the photos.
1. ___
_
2. _
__
3. _
__
4. _
__

______for

14) How old is the earth is? _

_.

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Questions 15- 21 write the correct event that should appear on the timeline.

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