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Prehistoric Animals and Evolution and more!

Prehistoric Animals and Evolution and more!

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History, Science, Biology

5th - 8th Grade

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James Mcgonall

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8 Slides • 8 Questions

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Prehistoric Animals and Evolution and more!


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Multiple Choice

Starter:

How did the Mammals from the Ice Age die?

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Tar from the ground

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An Aestroid

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More Predator population

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Introducing new predators to the area/environemnt

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The Beginning of the first animals

  • The first animals to appear was during the Cambrian period.

  • Animals like giant insects, lizards and horseshoe turtles (animal).

  • Once insects were big but because of the extinction during the Cambrian period, they evolved into smaller sizes.

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Multiple Choice

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This is a picture of a fish. Can you spot any of the evolutions or characteristics in the fish.

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Small and fast to swim away from fast predators

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Different types of colours

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Shark Evolution

  • Sharks have been on Earth for millions of years.

  • Yet they evolved from different sizes.

  • The Megaladon is an example of a shark that died out millions of years ago and was one of the biggest living sea creatures to ever live.

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Extinction

Extinction occurs in many different ways like deforestation or more population of predators. Yet even today Extinction happens, like poachers are poaching animals like Elephants and Rhinos. There tusks and horns are given to the Chinese. The Chinese think they hold mystical powers like the mystical creature the Unicorn.

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Multiple Choice

What was the biggets shark species to ever live?

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Hybodus

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Great White

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Black Tip

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Megaladon

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Multiple Select

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This is an example of the dinosaurs being killled by the Aestroid. Choose two options which is extinction.

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Deforestation

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Poaching

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Bringing new predators into the area/environment

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Taking wood

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Is there any living Prehistoric animals iving today?

There are some species living today like the Gharial crocodile and Komodo Dragon.

Scientists are not sure how they survived Extinction but for sure is that we can see living breathing prehistoric animals and that they are lucky to have survived extinction.

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Can we see Evolution from our very eyes?

  • Well we cant see Evolution happen or take place, all is that we know they are evolving over time and they can adapt to their environment.

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Adaptations/Adapting

Adaptations is when a species evolves over time and adapt to their environemnt.

Examples of this could be a sunflower which is a plant and an animal like a fox.

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Multiple Choice

In the options below what prehistoric animals are living today?

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Lion

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Fox

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Rhino

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Gharial

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Multiple Choice

Can we see Evolution from our very eyes?

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

What is an adaptation?

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Adaptations is when an animal evolves.

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It is when an animal evolve and adapts to its environemnt.

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Poll

Are you interested in Paleontology and would ou like to be one in the future?

Yes

No

Maybe

Not sure

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Thank You For Joining!

I will try to do another slide and live one maybe tomorrow or in a couple of days.


Goodbye!

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