Students color analagous structures between a rat and an elephant, then answer questions regarding it.
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Question 1
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On the diagrams below, color each of the same bones in the rat and the elephant skeleton the SAME color. DO NOT reuse a color for another type of bone.
(click on "edit background" and then color choices are the very top option on the left side)
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Were the bones with the same name in similar places on both the elephant and rat skeleton? Explain.
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Did either the rat or elephant skeleton seem to have extra bones? Explain.
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Similar structures in the anatomy of two different species are called homologies. What homologies are shared by rats and elephants?
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What features would you look for in a fossil to determine if the now-extinct organism was related to a rat and an elephant?
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How can patterns be used to identify common ancestry?
