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Evolution Review Carousel questions
-Describe how radiometric dating is used.
-How is this different from relative dating?
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-What is the Burgess Shale?
-What is its significance?
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If the half-life of Potassium-40 is ~1.3 billion years, what percentage of it will be left
after 2 half-lifes have passed?
-If 1/8th of the original parent isotope amount still remains in the fossil, how old is that
fossil?
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-What determines where Eras end and start?
-Name the Eras and what they are known for (type of life).
-How are periods related to eras?
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-What is the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
-Explain the Endosymbiont (Endosymbiotic) Theory.
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-Explain what cause the extinction of the dinosaurs.
-What evidence supports this idea?
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Summarize Darwin’s theory of evolution by Natural Selection.
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-How are fossils formed?
-Name and describe 4 types of fossils
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Name 4 things that are included as evidence that change has happened over time.
How did the following people influence Darwin?
-Lyell & Hutton
-Lamarck
-Malthus
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-What was Earth’s first atmosphere like?
-How did it change?
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-What does a Paleontologist do?
-What skills do you think a Paleontologist should have?
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Include animal and plant cell diagram – have students identify and state function