Exploring Our Fluid Earth

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Question Set: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Fish
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Structure and Function
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A: Structure and Function
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
LS4.C: Adaptation
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Question Set: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Fish
  1. What are some of the key shared, derived traits that each group of fishes have?
     
  2. Choose an example of one of the more primitive fishes described in this section and compare it with an example of a teleost fish. How are they similar and different?
     
  3. Choose an evolutionary trend for teleost fishes (like spiny fins), find an example of a fish that has this adaptation, and describe how it is beneficial.
Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawaii, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.