BIOLOGY (LOOSELEAF)-W/CONNECT
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Chapter 34, Problem 2S
Some people state that the dinosaurs have not “gone extinct,” they are with us today. What evidence can be used to support this statement?
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Because of selective forces, the dinosaurs were superbly adapted to their environments. After the dinosaurs became extinct, the small mammals that had been relatively unimportant animals in the background flourished and evolved into many new types, including the line that led to human beings. It is unlikely that these new types would have ever evolved had not the dinosaurs disappeared. If the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by an extraterrestrial impact, did it matter how well they were adapted to their environment? What does this suggest about the starting cause in the evolutionary success of these new types of mammals?
A scientist digs in an undisturbed field and finds a leg bone of dinosaur A about 6 meters below the surface. She keeps digging and finds a jawbone of dinosaur B about 15 meters below the surface. Based on this information, which is the most likely conclusion?
Dinosaur A lived before dinosaur B.
Dinosaur B lived before dinosaur A.
Both dinosaurs are from the same geologic period.
(1) What is the most common way for a dead organism to avoid decomposition?
(2) Why do researchers look for fossils in places that are now dry and barren instead of
other places like forests or grasslands?
(3) What kind of dating from the lecture or textbook would be the best method for finding
the number of years ago when a volcanic rock was formed?
(4) Why is the pelvis of a biped shorter and wider than the pelvis of a quadruped?
(5) Does the overall shape of Lucy’s pelvis resemble the human pelvis or the chimpanzee pelvis more? Do not think of the size, but compare the outlines of each
bone.
This is Lucy's skelton below.
Chapter 34 Solutions
BIOLOGY (LOOSELEAF)-W/CONNECT
Ch. 34.1 - List the specific characteristics of echinoderms.Ch. 34.1 - Explain what is meant by pentaradial symmetry.Ch. 34.1 - Describe the five extant classes of echinoderms.Ch. 34.2 - List the defining characteristics of chordates.Ch. 34.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 34.3 - Describe the nonvertebrate chordates and their...Ch. 34.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 34.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 34.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 34.5 - Prob. 2LO
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