Video Questions Bozeman Science: "The Origin of Life - Scientific Evidence"

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Video Questions
Bozeman Science: “The Origin of Life – Scientific Evidence”

1. What was used to determine the age of the Earth?

2. What are the first organisms that evolved on Earth?

3. Which types of cells showed up first on Earth?

4. What is happening to the complexity of life on Earth as time goes on?

5. What is the evidence that is used to show how life on Earth evolved?

6. What do fossils give us?

7. At 6:41: Discuss fossils and how they are used as evolutionary evidence. As a class, come up
with a sentence to summarize fossils as evolutionary evidence. Record the class consensus
here.

8. Does all life share some common characteristics, and what does that suggest?

9. What are two things that all living things on Earth have in common?

10. At 11:00: Discuss DNA and how DNA could be used evolutionary evidence. As a class, come
up with a sentence to summarize DNA as evolutionary evidence. Record the class consensus
here.
Video Questions
Bozeman Science: “The Origin of Life – Scientific Evidence”

1. What was used to determine the age of the Earth? Meteorites and lead-lead dating

2. What are the first organisms that evolved on Earth? Bacteria

3. Which types of cells showed up first on Earth? Prokaryotic

4. What is happening to the complexity of life on Earth as time goes on? It’s becoming more
complex.

5. What is the evidence that is used to show how life on Earth evolved? DNA, fossils,
molecular, chemical

6. What do fossils give us? Permanent record of what organisms were like

7. At 6:41: Discuss fossils and how they are used as evolutionary evidence. As a class, come up
with a sentence to summarize fossils as evolutionary evidence. Record the class consensus
here. Answers will vary.

8. Does all life share some common characteristics, and what would that suggest? Yes;
common ancestry

9. What are two things that all living things on Earth have in common? Possible answers
include DNA, RNA, proteins, ATP, lipid membrane, cell division

10. At 11:00: Discuss DNA and how DNA could be used evolutionary evidence. As a class, come
up with a sentence to summarize DNA as evolutionary evidence. Record the class consensus
here. Answers will vary.

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