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6-8th Grade Science - MS-LS4-2 - Interpreting Fossil and Modern Structures to Explain Common Ancestry
6-8th Grade Science - MS-LS4-2 - Interpreting Fossil and Modern Structures to Explain Common Ancestry
6-8th Grade Science - MS-LS4-2 - Interpreting Fossil and Modern Structures to Explain Common Ancestry
6-8th Grade Science - MS-LS4-2 - Interpreting Fossil and Modern Structures to Explain Common Ancestry

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
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Part A: Analyze the skeletal models below.

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Part B: The table summarizes the forelimb evidence.

3

Students examine a fossil species that contained a fin.

4

Scientists compare homologous skeletal traits to infer which organisms are more closely related.

5

Scientists study fossils and modern organisms to understand how anatomical structures change over time.

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Scientists compare fossil traits with traits of living animals to infer evolutionary relationships.

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