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    Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________

    Skills Worksheet

    LS Ch 7-1 Dir. Reading A (p166-172)


    Section: Change over Time
    1. One way to tell kinds of animals apart is by their ______________________.

    DIFFERENCES AMONG ORGANISMS

    _____ 2. How does adaptation help an organism?


    a. It helps the organism change colors.
    b. It improves its ability to survive and reproduce.
    c. It improves its ability to change species.
    d. It helps the organism become a fossil.
    _____ 3. If living things have the same characteristics, they may be members of
    the same
    a. evolution. c. species.
    b. planet. d. fossil record.
    4. Two organisms that can mate to produce offspring that can reproduce belong
    to the same ______________________
    5. When members of the same species live in the same place, they form a(n)
    ______________________
    6. Since life began on Earth, many ______________________have vanished and
    many new ones have appeared.
    7. Scientists have observed that species ______________________over time.
    8. The inherited ______________________in populations also change over time.
    9. What can result as populations of organisms change?
    ________________________________________________________________

    10. The process in which populations gradually change over time is called
    ______________________

    EVIDENCE OF CHANGES OVER TIME

    _____ 11. Where is evidence that organisms have changed over time buried?
    a. within Earth’s crust c. in water
    b. in caves d. in old books

    Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
    Holt Science and Technology 1 The Evolution of Living Things
    Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________

    Directed Reading A continued

    _____ 12. What is a fossil?


    a. a layer of sediment
    b. a living organism
    c. a very old organism
    d. trace remains of an organism that lived long ago
    13. Describe how a fossil is usually formed.
    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________
    14. What is the timeline of life formed by studying fossils called?
    ____________________________________________________________________
    15. How are fossils organized in the fossil record?
    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    16. Fossils in newer layers of the Earth tend to resemble current


    ______________________
    17. In older layers of the Earth, are fossils more or less likely to resemble today’s
    animals or plants?
    ____________________________________________________________________

    18. Some fossils may be of earlier life-forms that do not


    ______________________anymore.

    EVIDENCE OF ANCESTRY

    _____ 19. The fossil record provides evidence about


    a. the age of rocks.
    b. the order in which species have existed.
    c. the number of layers the Earth has.
    d. the composition of minerals.
    _____ 20. All living things inherit similar traits from their
    a. ancestors. c. fossils.
    b. evolution. d. descendants.

    Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
    Holt Science and Technology 2 The Evolution of Living Things
    Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________

    Directed Reading A continued

    21. As scientists study the fossil record, they may draw models to illustrate their
    ______________________about the relationships between extinct and living
    organisms.
    22. How is a new species or group of species represented in the scientist’s model?
    ____________________________________________________________________
    23. List two groups of animals that may share a common ancestor with whales.
    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    24. Scientists think that all mammal species alive today evolved from common
    ______________________

    25. Scientists have combined information on hundreds of thousands of organisms


    to sketch out a ______________________that includes all known organisms.
    26. What does the lack of a fossil record for some of the Earth’s history mean to
    scientists?
    ____________________________________________________________________

    EXAMINING ORGANISMS
    27. In addition to fossils, how can scientists learn about an organism’s ancestors?
    ____________________________________________________________________
    28. List three things about whales that tell scientists that they are not fish.
    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________
    29. What does a whale body have that hints it had an ancestor that lived on land?
    ____________________________________________________________________

    COMPARING ORGANISMS

    _____ 30. If you compared two kinds of living organisms, what might you learn
    about their history?
    a. how long ago they evolved
    b. whether they share a common ancestor
    c. whether they live in the same place
    d. whether they could mate and reproduce
    Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
    Holt Science and Technology 3 The Evolution of Living Things
    Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________

    Directed Reading A continued

    _____ 31. What do organisms inherit from ancestors?


    a. mammal characteristics
    b. traits and DNA
    c. hind limbs
    d. new traits
    _____ 32. What makes the human hand similar to a dolphin’s flipper or a bat’s
    wing?
    a. the ability to flap
    b. the structure of the skin
    c. the order of their evolution
    d. the structure and order of bones
    _____ 33. What does the similarity between humans, dolphins, cats, and bats
    indicate?
    a. that they all evolved recently
    b. that their ancestors lived in the same place
    c. that they share a common ancestor
    d. that they are becoming more alike over time
    _____ 34. Because all existing species have DNA, scientists support the theory
    that all species share
    a. a common ancestor.
    b. similar arms and legs.
    c. the ability to mate with each other.
    d. similar fossils.

    Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
    Holt Science and Technology 4 The Evolution of Living Things

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