Science Jeopardy
Facts About
Evolution
What’s your
fossil record?
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All About
Adaptations
Evidence 4
Evolution
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A-100
• Who was the scientist that traveled to the
Galapagos Islands in 1831?
• Charles Darwin
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A-200
• What was the theory that Charles
Darwin developed based on his
observations in the Galapagos Islands?
• The theory of natural selection
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A-300
• What is the constant change of an
organism over a long period of time?
• Evolution
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A-400
• What is a change in an organism that
makes it different from the rest of its
species? (ex. Longer legs)
• A variation
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A-500
• A permanent change in DNA is called a
___________
• A mutation
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B-100
• When feathers, leaves, or whole
organisms leave an impression on rock, it
is called a __________ fossil
• An imprint fossil
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B-200
• Petrified wood is a good example of this
type of fossil:
• A mineralized fossil
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B-300
• You hear a scientist say ‘That fossil is 78
million years old’. You know they got
that date from what type of dating?
• Radiometric dating
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B-400
• Where would
the oldest rock
be in this
formation?
• At the bottom
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B-500
• There are 2 types of fossils that a scientist
could obtain DNA from – what are they?
• Amber fossils and frozen fossils
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C-100
• A variation in an organism that helps if
survive is called a ________________
• Adaptation
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C-200
• When an organism matches its
surroundings in order to hide, this is an
example of what type of adaptation?
• Blending
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C-300
• When an organism imitates an object like
a stick or a leaf in its environment, it is
what type of adaptation?
• Disguise
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C-400
• When an organism imitates a harmful
animal (ex. Coral snake imitating a king
snake), it is an example of what?
• Mimicry
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C-500
• Like in killer whales and penguins, when
an organism is light on the bottom and
dark on top, it is what type of
adaptation?
• Countershading
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D-100
• The study of embryos is called
______________
• Embryology
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D-200
• When organisms have similar body parts
in origin and structure, what are they
called?
• Homologous structures
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D-300
• What is an example of a vestigial
structure?
• Wisdom teeth / tailbone in humans, legs
in whales
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D-400
• When two organisms share a large
amount of similar DNA, what does that
tell scientists?
• That they are closely related
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D-500
• In embryology, when the embryos are
very similar to each other, this means
what?
• That they are closely related
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E-100
• What organelle is in charge of making
energy for all cells?
• mitochondria
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E-200
• What are the levels of organization in
order?
• Cell, tissue, organ, organ system,
organism
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E-300
• What are 2 differences between animal
cells and plant cells?
• Plant cells have chloroplasts / cell walls /
larger vacuoles / square shapes; animal
cells don’t / smaller vacuoles and are
round shapes
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E-400
• What three things do plants need in
order to perform photosynthesis?
• Water, carbon dioxide and sunlight
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E-500
• What tool would a scientist use to
measure the volume of water in a plastic
bottle?
• A graduated cylinder
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• ANSWER: Put these 5 dates correctly on
a timeline starting with the oldest: 5
MYA, 450 MYA, 520 MYA, 16 BYA, 4
BYA
• QUESTION: What is 16BYA, 4BYA,
520MYA, 450MYA, and 5 MYA?
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