Bill Nye Evolution Questions



Bill Nye Greatest Discoveries: Evolution Questions Name _______________________

Biology Period _______

Summary questions: Answer before, after, or during the video.

• What conditions are necessary to create life?

• What kinds of organisms lived before humans appeared on Earth?

• How have hominids evolved over the years?

• How are humans related to every other living thing on Earth?

• What cataclysmic events have occurred in Earth’s history?

• What can we learn by studying fossils?

• What is evolution?

Segment 1: A Time Before Humans (10 min.)

How did the dinosaurs become extinct? Learn the theory about the asteroid that hit our planet 65 million years ago and the giant reptiles that once roamed Earth.

1. What happened when the enormous asteroid hit Earth some 65 million years ago?

Segment 2: Life As We Know It (8 min.)

Examine a scientific theory about the potential for life on Earth, and explore an underwater region that defies the rules.

2. What are hydrothermal vents?

Segment 3: Classifying Species (8 min.)

Explore the evidence of diverse animal life in the Burgess Shale, and examine the methods scientists use to classify species.

3. What animal species can you name?

Segment 4: Natural Selection (7 min.)

Species living on our planet survive if they can conform to their ever-changing environments. Learn about Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution.

4. Describe the concept of natural selection in your own words.

Segment 5: Human Ancestors (9 min.)

Much of what we know about humans comes from the study of those who came before us. Learn what hominid fossils have taught scientists about human evolution.

5. What have we learned from Lucy, the Laetoli footprints, and the Toumai skull? Fill in the blanks below to answer these questions.

➢ Lucy is the oldest ___________________ skeleton, estimated at ________ million years old, and she is believed to have been __________________, or an upright walker.

➢ The Laetoli footprints, _______ million years old, showed scientists that hominids were bipedal and that they traveled in ______________________.

➢ The Toumai skull, ________ million years old, is the oldest ___________________ fossil known; it raises questions about the diversity of life among hominids.

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