Help with Ribbon of life assignment: 

Green sheets of questions should be in students' binders; answers can be found at:  http://www.chinookmiddleschool.com/teachers/benton/08fosslinks.htm

Hints to answers for each question on green sheets:

#1:  Look at the ribbon of life.  There are eight divisions starting with atoms and ending with Multi-cellular organisms.  Write them in order.

#2:   Save this question till you've answered all of the others.  It's a tricky one.  (Part of the answer has to do with "prokaryote" and "eukaryote."

#3:   To answer this question, think about the definition of "organism" on the wall in our room.

#4:  "Basic" means what is at the "base" of all living things, what are they made of, and here it means what is the smallest living thing that all living things are made of?

#5:  Scroll over the "structures" listed on the organelle page in the Ribbon of Life to find this answer.  Watch what lights up!

#6.  There is one main difference between "prokaryotic" and "eukaryotic."  Look on the cells page.

#7.   Count eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells on the cells page.

#8:   The main difference has to do with the definition of "organism" again.

#9:  Scroll over "tissues" to see definition.  Give examples.

#10:  Answer has to do with "systems."

#11:  Think about what all living things need.