Lesson 3- Evidence Of Evolution

Question 1

What are the millions of fossils that scientists have collected?

Answer 1

The fossil record

Question 2

What does the fossil record provide?

Answer 2

The fossil record provides clues about how and when new species evolved and how organisms are related

Question 3

What would be more likely to contain fossils of organisms that resemble current species?

Answer 3

Rock layers that were deposited more recently are more likely to contain fossils of organisms that resemble current species.

Question 4

Scientists also in for evolutionary relationships by comparing the What of different organisms?

Answer 4

Scientists also for evolutionary relationships by comparing the early development of different organisms

Question 5

Name the evidence that could help provide evidence that organisms change over time

Answer 5

Fossils, patterns of early development, similar body structures, and similarities in DNA and protein structures all provide evidence that organisms have changed over time.