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notes of history of life on Earth
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1. Use the following timeline to describe the history of life on Earth?
2. How do we know we have a reasonably accurate story of life on Earth?
3. Do you think the organisms present to you are related?
4. Which do you think is the oldest species or kind? Is each species the same age? Why you think so?
5. Describe how the diagram below shows a kinship or relationship among the species listed?
6. How are the bone structure (anatomy) of the following organisms alike? Color code the similarity or likeness between the anatomies.
7. What are the arrows pointing to in the diagrams of the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
8. Fill in the missing nucleotides for the following hypothetical DNA sequences? Color the differences between sequences. Which organisms are more or less related?
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Journal Entry: How do we know that all living organisms are more or less related?
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