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Evolution
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Final Jeopardy
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C1-100-The answer is…
During his travels Darwin noticed this structural
adaptation of finches.
Different beaks
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C1-200-The answer is…
A giraffe stretching his neck or a person building big
muscles is an example of this.
Acquired trait
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C1-300-The answer is…
Darwin gathered much of his evidence
of evolution on these islands.
Galapagos
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C1-400-The answer is…
Hutton and Lyell influenced Darwin
because they suggested that …
Earth was old enough for evolution to
have occurred.
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C1-500-The answer is…
Darwin’s revolutionary scientific ideas
were published in a work titled
On the Origin of the Species
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C2-100-The answer is…
The definition of “fitness” is
Most able to survive and reproduce
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C2-200-The answer is…
When a farmer breeds only his best livestock, the
process involved is called
Artificial selection
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C2-300-The answer is…
The appendix in humans and pelvis in
whales are examples of
Vestigial organs.
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C2-400-The answer is…
This was the missing link in Darwin’s
Theory
Genetics - DNA
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C2-500-The answer is…
Structures that look somewhat alike
and serve the same function but have
different embryological origins.
Analagous
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C3-100-The answer is…
Most fossils form here.
Sedimentary rock
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C3-200-The answer is…
Miller and Urey’s experiments attempted to
demonstrate this.
How organic molecules formed
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C3-300-The answer is…
To compare the relative age of fossils, scientists
often use an easily recognized species called a/an
Index fossil
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C3-400-The answer is…
The endosymbiotic theory proposes that
eukaryotic cells arose from …
A symbiotic relationship between 2 prokaryotes
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C3-500-The answer is…
Why did oceans not exist 4 billion
years ago?
Water was a gas because so hot
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C4-100-The answer is…
The first organisms on Earth were most likely?
Bacteria
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C4-200-The answer is…
In the past, mass extinctions encouraged the rapid
evolution of surviving species by….
Making new habitats available to them
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C4-300-The answer is…
Spontaneous generation is the hypothesis that life
comes from?
Non-living matter
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C4-400-The answer is…
The process by which 2 species evolve
in response to each other is called..
Coevolution
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C4-500-The answer is…
The type of evolution represented by
Darwin’s Finches.
Divergent evolution or adaptive
radiation.
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C5-100-The answer is…
This theory states that life comes from
other life.
biogenesis
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C5-200-The answer is…
Which gas is the most predominant in
our atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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C5-300-The answer is…
Organisms that have similar genetic
make-ups have a
Recent common ancestor
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C5-400-The answer is…
Fossilized evidence of Earth’s first life forms
would consist of:
Prokaryotes from the Precambrian
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C6-500-The answer is…
What was the significance of the
formation of the ozone layer?
Protected land animals from UV
radiation
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Final Jeopardy
List and explain four possible causes of the mass
extinctions that have occurred in Earth’s history.
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End Game
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Volcanic Activity
Climate change
Meteors or Asteroids
Disease
Mountain building
Sea level change
Competing organisms
Over-specialization
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