Transitional fossils are fossils of organisms that have characteristics of their ancestors’ species and their descendants’ species. Why do you think these fossils are important to the study of evolution? Do you think the word transitional is a scientifically appropriate description for these fossils? Knowing how fossils form, do you think it’s likely that humans will ever piece together a complete fossil record for every species that ever existed on Earth? Why or why not?

1. label high-pressure areas with the letter h. 2. label low-pressure areas with the letter l. 3. over which area(s) would you expect to see rain or snow? 4. over which area(s) would you expect to see clear skies? 5. draw arrows around the h on the map to show the wind direction. 6. draw arrows around the l on the map to show the wind direction. 7. imagine that you live in maine. currently there is a high-pressure area over maine. if a low-pressure area moves in, how will the direction of the wind change? 5. draw arrows around the h on the map to show the wind direction. 6. draw arrows around the l on the map to show the wind direction. 7. imagine that you live in maine. currently there is a high-pressure area over maine. if a low-pressure area moves in, how will the direction of the wind change? 8. imagine that you live in colorado. currently there is a low-pressure area over colorado. if a high-pressure area moves in, how will the direction of the wind change? 9. according to the map, where would the strongest winds be expected? (refer to the lesson if needed.)

Out of the seven main animal groups (fish, mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids), how many contain members with internal backbones? a. 5 b. 3 c. 7 d. 1

Jason, a dog breeder, decides to mate a poodle with a golden labrador retriever. he wants to get puppies with the curly hair of the poodle and the color of the labrador. what concept is shown in this example? question 6 options: artificial selection adaptation evolution natural selection