2. Science Jeopardy 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 Facts About Evolution What’s your fossil record? All About Adaptations Evidence 4 Evolution What do YOU know about science Final Jeopardy

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4. Question Answer A-100 Who was the scientist that traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1831? Charles Darwin

5. Question Answer A-200 What was the theory that Charles Darwin developed based on his observations in the Galapagos Islands? The theory of natural selection

6. Question Answer A-300 What is the constant change of an organism over a long period of time? Evolution

7. Question Answer A-400 What is a change in an organism that makes it different from the rest of its species? (ex. Longer legs) A variation

8. Question Answer A-500 A permanent change in DNA is called a ___________ A mutation

9. Question Answer When feathers, leaves, or whole organisms leave an impression on rock, it is called a __________ fossil An imprint fossil B-100

10. Question Answer B-200 Petrified wood is a good example of this type of fossil: A mineralized fossil

11. Question Answer 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

12. Question Answer B-400 Where would the oldest rock be in this formation? At the bottom

13. Question Answer B-500 There are 2 types of fossils that a scientist could obtain DNA from – what are they? Amber fossils and frozen fossils

14. Question Answer C-100 A variation in an organism that helps if survive is called a ________________ Adaptation

15. Question Answer C-200 When an organism matches its surroundings in order to hide, this is an example of what type of adaptation? Blending

16. Question Answer C-300 When an organism imitates an object like a stick or a leaf in its environment, it is what type of adaptation? Disguise

17. Question Answer C-400 When an organism imitates a harmful animal (ex. Coral snake imitating a king snake), it is an example of what? Mimicry

18. Question Answer 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

19. Question Answer D-100 The study of embryos is called ______________ Embryology

20. Question Answer D-200 When organisms have similar body parts in origin and structure, what are they called? Homologous structures

21. Question Answer D-300 What is an example of a vestigial structure? Wisdom teeth / tailbone in humans, legs in whales

22. Question Answer D-400 When two organisms share a large amount of similar DNA, what does that tell scientists? That they are closely related

23. Question Answer D-500 In embryology, when the embryos are very similar to each other, this means what? That they are closely related

24. Question Answer E-100 What organelle is in charge of making energy for all cells? mitochondria

25. Question Answer E-200 What are the levels of organization in order? Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

26. Question Answer 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

27. Question Answer E-400 What three things do plants need in order to perform photosynthesis? Water, carbon dioxide and sunlight

28. Question Answer E-500 What tool would a scientist use to measure the volume of water in a plastic bottle? A graduated cylinder

29. Question Answer 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?