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Nicole Meagher Fill-in-the-blank Evolution

Grade 5 Not conducted in actual Classroom

GLES: over time. ** 9c ** explaining how fossil evidence can be used to understand the history of life on Earth.
 * LS3 (5-6) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/evolution by … 9a ** explaining how a population’s or species’ traits affect their ability to survive

OBJECTIVES: 1. Students will demonstrate their understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by scoring a minimum of 80% on a fill- in- the- blank assessment. This assessment will evaluate their knowledge of how a species’ traits affect their ability to survive over time, and their ability to show how fossils evidence can be used to understand the history of life on earth.

Test (5 pts each) 1. .................of dinosaurs help scientists form theories of evolution. 2. Animals typically pick a mate with ............... traits in hopes to pass those on to their offspring. 3. ................is the changes seen in the inherited traits of a population from one generation to the next. 4. Through evolution harmful traits tend to ............... . 5. Charles ............... first theorized about evolution. 6. Another term also meaning evolution is ................ 7. A contradictory (opposite) idea of evolution is that ............... created ............ . 8. The most popular idea of evolution states that human evolved from .................. . 9. The ............. Island helped Charles support his theory of evolution. 10. Survival of the ................. .