9 A

Assess Yourself!

Name Class Date

Triceratops lived in forests full of plants with large, tough leaves such as tree-ferns and palms.
It became extinct 65 million years ago. It may have evolved from a dinosaur called Titanoceratops.
A museum wants to explain what Triceratops looked like and why it looked like that. They are going
to hang labels on a life-size model of Triceratops, which people can then read to find out more
about its adaptations and variation. What should the labels say, and where should they be tied?

Name Class Date

Now that you have completed the activity, circle the number of stars next to each of these
sentences to describe how well you did.

I have…
stated what variation is.
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outlined why dinosaurs became extinct. * * * * *
used the information given above to explain how we know something about
Triceratops (e.g. that it was food for T. rex). * * * * *
identified examples of environmental variation.
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identified examples of inherited variation.
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explained how changes in an ecosystem cause extinction.
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identified the adaptations of Triceratops in the labels above.
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explained how environmental variation is caused.
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outlined how some variation is caused by inheriting characteristics from parents. * * * * *
explained the adaptations of Triceratops in the labels above.
* * * * *
identified and explained some adaptations of Triceratops that are not in
the labels. * * * * *
described the relationship between cells, nuclei, chromosomes, genes, DNA and
genetic information. * * * * *
described how variations in adaptations can change how likely an organism is to
survive compared with other members of the same species. * * * * *
stated what evolution is.
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explained how natural selection works.
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