Evidence

for Evolution
Part A - Movie (5 points) Part B - Group (15 points)

Answer these questions on your own paper. With your group and using the information
You only need to write the letter of the correct you gained from the specimens examined today:
answer but YOU MUST GET ALL 5 QUESTIONS
CORRECT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT.

1. Write a complete and accurate definition for what
1. What's an anatomical detail that some dinosaurs a homologous structure is.
share with birds (that no other animal does)? Provide an example of one human feature
a) scales that is homologous to a different feature on an
b) beaks animal of your choosing.
c) wishbones Explain why the features are homologous.
d) eggs

2. Dinosaurs used feathers to fly. 2. Write a complete and accurate definition for what
a) True an analogous structure is.
b) False Provide an example of one human feature
that is analogous to a similar feature on an animal of
3. What's the use of a peacock's tail feathers? your choosing.
a) To attract a mate? Explain why the features are analogous.
b) They help it fly longer distances.
c) Peacocks use their tails to swim.
d) They sweep small bugs into piles. 3. What explanation can you come up with for why
the hind limbs of the whale began to "shrink?"
4. What does Zimmer mean by "accident of physics?"
a) Feathered dinosaur arms may have allowed
dinosaurs to run faster uphill and glide short 4. If the hind limbs of the whale are no longer
distances after jumping. functional, why do they still exist on the whale?
b) The advantages of dinosaurs with
feathered arms could have led to a natural
selection of longer, feathered dinosaur arms.
c) The intention of the feathers most likely
started as one thing and shifted to a
completely different thing.
d) all of the above

5. Approximately how long did it take from the time
the first feather evolved until the first animal took
flight?
a) 1 million years
b) 100,000 years
c) 50 million years
d) 500 years