DIRECTIONS: Complete each statement using a term or terms from the list below. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Some words may be used more than once.
fossil layered function
blood vestigial development
four proteins ancestor
a. In humans, the tailbone is a _____________________structure.
b. An embryo is an organism in its early stages of ____________________.
c. All living things have chemicals called ____________________________.
d. The wings of birds and bats show that these organisms probably have a common ________________________.
e. The most complete____________________ record is of the horse.
f. Most fossils are found in ______________________rocks.
g. Organisms with similar embryos probably evolved from a common ________________________.
h. The ___________________of certain animals has particular kinds of proteins.
i. Vestigial structures have no ________________________.
j. The earliest horse had ________________________ toes.
Directions: Fold the paper as indicated by the lines without paying any specific attention to the images. Do not unfold the paper until told do so at the end of the activity. First, try to determine which embryo is that of a human, a fish, a rabbit, a chicken, a turtle, a salamander, and a pig. After you have done this, go to, row 2; then, row 3.
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