“Dino Dig” by Kathleen Rudolph In this activity you’ll make use of some of the techniques and evidence that paleontologists work with to determine the identity of different fossils to establish the particular time period in which those creatures lived. Most fossil digs take place in remote places where it is hot and dry and dirty. But one outstanding (and famous) site for Pleistocene fossils is right in the middle of downtown Los Angeles: The La Brea Tar Pits. Check out this site to learn
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01.05 – DESIGNING YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT Lesson Organizer Use this document to help you design your experiment about one of the scenarios from the activity. Copy and paste the template then insert your information for each of the steps of the scientific method. Scenario Topic: Design an experiment to determine if captivity affects the overall health of marine mammals Problem (2 Points) Does captivity affect the overall health of marine mammals? Research (2 Points) The
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A 240-million-year-old reptile with a skeletal precursor of a shell has been revealed as the grandfather of all turtles. Scientists have given it the moniker Pappochelys‚ meaning ’grandfather turtle‚’ in honor of its newly found position at the forefront of the turtles’ evolutionary lineage. What the shell? Grandfather turtle was actually shell-less Pappochelys‚ the lizard-like reptile found in a quarry in southern Germany‚ is now the oldest turtle fossil to date. Pappochelys is so old‚ the former
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Were dinosaurs warm or cold blooded has been a long time debated issue. Scientist believe dinosaurs were much like modern day reptiles‚ cold blooded‚ and others believe dinosaurs were much like mammals and others birds‚ warm blooded. Dinosaurs are creatures that lived on Earth around 251 million years ago. Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era. This era contained three separate subsections: the Triassic Era‚ the Jurassic Era‚ and the Cretaceous. When the Mesozoic Era ended‚ most or a majority of the
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In the movie “The Land that Time Forgot (1975)” we noticed that‚ although some of dinosaurs portrayed had some accuracies to their characteristics‚ most had glaring flaws. The first dinosaur we addressed was the Pterodactylus. The movie accurately portrayed the Pterodactylus because it has a short tail‚ 3 claws per wing and it is only shown during the day. The inaccuracies of the movies Pterodactylus were that it was way too big (was said to have an actual wingspan of around 1 meter)‚ it did not
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( Attention getter) Have you ever wished that the legendary creatures known as the Dinosaurs were still with us? In a sense‚ they still are! For example‚ imagine going to the museum and witnessing the skeleton of the great Tyrannosaurus Rex. As you examine it further‚ the muscles and skin of the creature begins to emerge in the mind‚ visualizing what the animal would look like if it was still around. (Thesis) For centuries‚ dinosaurs have long haunted our imagination. They have rich history of millions
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fossils they would sell to tourists. Even after her father died‚ Mary kept up the fossil collecting practice in order to sustain her mother and brother. But what started out as a means of survival for the Annings turned out to impact the world of paleontology in the early 19th century‚ though Mary was rarely credited for her finds. The credit typically went to her male colleagues
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Your Inner Fish: A Review of Chapter 4 In Your Inner Fish‚ a book about the study of evolution in mammals‚ chapter four is dedicated to the study of teeth. Neil Shubin is explicit in his insistence that teeth are extremely important when studying evolution of the human body. He uses three main points to explain this to the reader. First‚ through the function of teeth. Then by revealing the anatomy of teeth. And finally by discussing tooth-to-tooth occlusion. Teeth are used to manipulate larger objects
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Academia Interamericana de Panamá Science Speech Written Report *Geologic time* Aleks Ch. # 8 Date: 24/07/2013 Introduction The age of Earth is as vast in time as the universe is vast in space. It is not easy to really get a "feel" for 4‚600 million years! One way to try to get a "feel" for how big it is‚ is to break the number down into smaller pieces that perhaps we can understand. Plants and animals have changed many times‚ from amoebas to dinosaurs to people. The
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Associate Level Material Mary Miles Geologic Time Worksheet Use the following table to compare ways of evaluating geologic time. Your description‚ similarities‚ and differences must each be at least 50 words. |Time Evaluation Method |Description |Advantages of this Method |Disadvantages of this Method | |Relative dating |Relative dating is the process |There are a few advantages of |The disadvantage to relative
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