1. BIOLOGY JEOPARDY
Evolution
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2. History
of the Earth
Darwin’s
Theory of
Natural
Selection
Evidence of
Evolution
Shaping
Evolutionary
Theory
Miscellaneous
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3. What type of rock do fossils usually form in?
History of the Earth 100
What type of rock do fossils usually form in?
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4. History of the Earth 200
What type of dating determines the ages of rocks by comparing them with other layers?
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5. What type of dating provides a more accurate age of a fossil?
History of the Earth 300
What type of dating provides a more accurate age of a fossil?
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6. What ages of fossils can Carbon-14 be used for? Why?
History of the Earth 400
What ages of fossils can Carbon-14 be used for? Why?
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7. How has continental drift influenced the evolution of organisms?
History of the Earth 500
How has continental drift influenced the evolution of organisms?
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8. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 100
True or False:
Organisms that are more closely related have more similarities in their genes (DNA)
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9. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 200
How did the fossil record influence Darwin?
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10. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 300
How did Darwin’s observations on the Galapagos Islands influence his ideas of natural selection?
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11. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 400
What are the four principles of natural selection?
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12. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 500
What is the relationship between evolution and natural selection?
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13. Give an example of a specific animal’s adaptation
Evidence of Evolution 100
Give an example of a specific animal’s adaptation
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14. What is geographic isolation?
Evidence of Evolution 200
What is geographic isolation?
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15. Evidence of Evolution 300
What structures develop from similar tissues, but meet different needs in an adult?
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16. Evidence of Evolution 400
What type of structures would we consider bird wings, bat wings, and insect wings? Why?
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17. Explain 5 pieces of evidence for evolution.
Evidence of Evolution 500
Explain 5 pieces of evidence for evolution.
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18. Shaping Evolutionary History 100
What causes genetic drift to occur?
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19. Shaping Evolutionary History 200
In which type of selection do both ends have higher fitness than the middle?
ex: Large and small male cichlid fish, but very few medium size males
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20. Shaping Evolutionary History 300
The changing of beak sizes in the finches on the Galapagos islands is best represented by which type of selection?
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21. Shaping Evolutionary History 400
What generally happens when reproductive isolation occurs?
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22. Shaping Evolutionary History 500
Contrast adaptive radiation and convergent evolution.
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23. What does fitness mean for an organism?
MISC 100
What does fitness mean for an organism?
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24. MISC 200
What is the pattern in which there are long periods of stable, no change, interrupted by short, rapid evolutionary change?
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25. MISC 300
What type of structures are the human appendix, human tailbone, snake leg bones, and whale pelvis?
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26. MISC 400 Homologous structures are a sign of ___________
Analogous structures are a sign of ___________
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27. MISC 500
Which of the following would favor giraffes with the shortest necks? Why?
A. B. C.
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28. History of the Earth 100 - Answer
Sedimentary
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29. History of the Earth 200 - Answer
Relative Dating
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30. History of the Earth 300 - Answer
Radiometric Dating
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31. History of the Earth 400 - Answer
Once living organisms (contained Carbon) that are less than 100,000 years old.
The half-life of Carbon-14 is approximately 5,700 years, so there would be too little Carbon-14 left to measure after 100,000 years.
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32. History of the Earth 500 - Answer
As continents slowly moved, populations of species were separated. Those that adapted to new climates probably evolved into new species after many generations.
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33. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 100 - Answer
True
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34. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 200 - Answer
It shows that organisms have changed over time. Earth is old enough (4.6 billion years old) for these changes to occur.
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35. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 300- Answer
Maybe the different species of finches on different islands had once been part of the same species. They had adapted over time to the conditions on each island.
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36. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 400 - Answer
Variation
Heritability
Overproduction
Reproductive Advantage
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37. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection 500 - Answer
Natural selection is one way of how evolution works. Evolution is how species change over time (generally due to natural selection).
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38. Evidence of Evolution 100 - Answer
Many answers could be correct – as long as it is a characteristic that increases the survival and reproductive success of that animal.
Ex: stripes of a tiger to make it more camouflage, the long legs of an ostrich to increase speed, etc.
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39. Evidence of Evolution 200 - Answer
When populations are separated by barriers such as rivers or mountains. They become isolated and will eventually evolve into separate species.
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40. Evidence of Evolution 300 - Answer
Homologous structures
- From a common ancestor
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41. Evidence of Evolution 400- Answer
Analogous structures
- They appear to be similar on the outside, but are different on the inside structurally (anatomically). They did NOT evolve from a common ancestor.
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42. Evidence of Evolution 500 - Answer
Fossil record
Comparative anatomy (homologous structures AND vestigial structures)
Comparative embryology
Comparative Biochemistry (DNA)
Geographic Distribution
***Why is each evidence for evolution??? Be specific (I’m leaving this one up to you )
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43. Shaping Evolutionary History 100 - Answer
Random chance
(NOT due to natural selection)
- Natural disaster could wipe out a large portion of the population, or overhunting (elephant seals), or a small group moves away
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44. Shaping Evolutionary History 200 - Answer
Disruptive selection
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45. Shaping Evolutionary History 300 - Answer
Directional Selection
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46. Shaping Evolutionary History 400 - Answer
Speciation
- A new species evolves because they eventually evolve enough changes that they no longer reproduce with the original population.
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47. Shaping Evolutionary History 500 - Answer
Adaptive radiation – new species evolve from a common ancestor (branching tree), generally rapid growth as the organisms adapt to new conditions
Convergent evolution – unrelated species evolve similar adaptations (analogous structures), but they do not share a common ancestor
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48. The ability to survive and reproduce
MISC Answer
The ability to survive and reproduce
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49. Punctuated equilibrium
MISC Answer
Punctuated equilibrium
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50. MISC Answer
Vestigial Structures
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51. MISC Answer
Adaptive radiation
Convergent evolution
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52. MISC Answer
C. Though disruptive selects for the shortest AND longest necks, it is the only graph shown that does select for short necks. Stabilizing stays stable (middle lengths). The directional graph moves in the direction of the longer necks.
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53. FINAL
JEOPARDY

54. Final Jeopardy
Use the following tRNA strand to write the corresponding DNA strand, mRNA strand, and amino acid sequence.
tRNA: GUACGAUGCGUGAAUUAGG
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55. Final Jeopardy
DNA: GTACGATGCGTGAATTAGG mRNA: CAUGCUACGCACUUAAUCC Amino Acid: meth-leuc-arg-thre-stop