Great British Scientists W4 · Great British Scientists Worksheet 4C Design your own organism to...

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Great British Scientists Worksheet 4A

Match the prehistoric animals with their modern-day relatives. Record your matches by writing the correct number next to the letters below. Choose one pair to explain how you know they’re related.

Prehistoric relative Modern relative

A Deinotherium

B Nuralagus

C Deinogalerix

D Archelon

E Paraceratheium

F Megatherium

G Glyptodont

H Prionosuchus

I Smilodon

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Great British Scientists Worksheet 4B

Match the prehistoric animals with their modern-day relatives. Choose one pair and stick them below. Label the animals with the similarities and differences you spotted.

Modern relative Prehistoric relative

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Great British Scientists Worksheet 4C

Design your own organism to live in your chosen habitat. You can use features of existing animals or come up with some of your own. Think carefully about the advantageous traits your organism might need and

what its diet will be.


Great British Scientists Prehistoric Cards 4A

A Deinotherium

B Nuralagus

By NobuTamura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19459283

C Deinogalerix

By Mauricio Antón - DeMiguel, M. (2016). "Disentangling adaptive evolutionary radiations and the role of diet in promoting diversification on islands". Scientific Reports 6. DOI:10.1038/srep29803., CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56989814

D Archelon

E Paraceratheium

G Glyptodont

H Prionosuchus

By Nobu Tamura - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19459862

I Smilodon

F Megatherium


Great British Scientists Modern Relative Cards 4A

1 Sloth

4 Crocodile

7 Armadillo

2 Rhino

5 Hedgehog

8 Rabbit

3 Turtle

6 Elephant

9 Lion


Great British Scientists Habitat Cards 4A

Desert

Arctic

Marine

Tropical

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