Q1. Fossils Give Us Evidence For The Theory of Evolution
Q1. Fossils Give Us Evidence For The Theory of Evolution
Q1. Fossils Give Us Evidence For The Theory of Evolution
In the sentences below, cross out the two lines which are wrong in each box.
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(b)
Give one way in which fossils provide evidence for the theory of evolution.
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(1)
(Total 5 marks)
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Q2.
During evolution, many groups of animals have become extinct (died out).
(a)
The graph shows how the number of animal groups has changed over time.
How has the number of animal groups changed between 200 million years ago and the
present day?
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(b)
In this question you will be assessed on using good English, organising information clearly
and using specialist terms where appropriate.
Describe the different causes of the extinction of organisms.
Your description should include possible reasons for the mass extinctions shown on the
graph.
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(Total 7 marks)
Q3.
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(a)
Look carefully at the picture. Some parts of the bird were fossilised.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
How can you tell that this fossil was a bird? (You might find information from page 20
of the Data Book helpful.)
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(1)
(b)
This bird lived about 140 million years ago. This type of bird is now extinct.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Name one other example of an animal that became extinct many millions of years
ago.
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(Total 7 marks)
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Q4.
(a)
(i)
What is a fossil?
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(ii)
(b)
We only know about extinct animals and plants because they have left fossils.
What does the word extinct mean?
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(Total 6 marks)
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M1.
(a)
mud
1
decayed
1
skeleton
1
rock
1
(b)
[5]
M2.
(a)
(b)
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new competitors
new diseases
new predators
volcanic eruptions
M3.
(a)
(i)
for 1 mark
(ii)
(iii)
has feathers
for 1 mark
1
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
for 1 mark
[7]
M4.
(a)
(i)
ideas that
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(ii)
ideas that
hard parts/bones/shells/skeletons
link required
dont decay
or
no decay
link required
or
as they decay
Accept hard or soft parts for 1 mark each
2
(b)
idea
died out/none left/died off
Do not accept died alone
for 1 mark
1
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