1 This is Jeopardy Evolution

2 Category No. 1 Category No. 2 Category No. 3 Category No. 4 Category No Final Jeopardy

3 C1-100-The answer is… During his travels Darwin noticed this structural adaptation of finches. Different beaks Back

4 C1-200-The answer is… A giraffe stretching his neck or a person building big muscles is an example of this. Acquired trait Back

5 C1-300-The answer is… Darwin gathered much of his evidence of evolution on these islands. Galapagos Back

6 C1-400-The answer is… Hutton and Lyell influenced Darwin because they suggested that … Earth was old enough for evolution to have occurred. Back

7 C1-500-The answer is… Darwin’s revolutionary scientific ideas were published in a work titled On the Origin of the Species Back

8 C2-100-The answer is… The definition of “fitness” is Most able to survive and reproduce Back

9 C2-200-The answer is… When a farmer breeds only his best livestock, the process involved is called Artificial selection Back

10 C2-300-The answer is… The appendix in humans and pelvis in whales are examples of Vestigial organs. Back

11 C2-400-The answer is… This was the missing link in Darwin’s Theory Genetics - DNA Back

12 C2-500-The answer is… Structures that look somewhat alike and serve the same function but have different embryological origins. Analagous Back

13 C3-100-The answer is… Most fossils form here. Sedimentary rock Back

14 C3-200-The answer is… How organic molecules formed Back Miller and Urey’s experiments attempted to demonstrate this.

15 C3-300-The answer is… To compare the relative age of fossils, scientists often use an easily recognized species called a/an Index fossil Back

16 C3-400-The answer is… A symbiotic relationship between 2 prokaryotes Back The endosymbiotic theory proposes that eukaryotic cells arose from …

17 C3-500-The answer is… Why did oceans not exist 4 billion years ago? Water was a gas because so hot Back

18 C4-100-The answer is… Bacteria Back The first organisms on Earth were most likely?

19 C4-200-The answer is… Making new habitats available to them Back In the past, mass extinctions encouraged the rapid evolution of surviving species by….

20 C4-300-The answer is… Back Spontaneous generation is the hypothesis that life comes from? Non-living matter

21 C4-400-The answer is… The process by which 2 species evolve in response to each other is called.. Coevolution Back

22 C4-500-The answer is… The type of evolution represented by Darwin’s Finches. Divergent evolution or adaptive radiation. Back

23 C5-100-The answer is… This theory states that life comes from other life. biogenesis Back

24 C5-200-The answer is… Which gas is the most predominant in our atmosphere? Nitrogen Back

25 C5-300-The answer is… Organisms that have similar genetic make-ups have a Recent common ancestor Back

26 C5-400-The answer is… Prokaryotes from the Precambrian Back Fossilized evidence of Earth’s first life forms would consist of:

27 C6-500-The answer is… What was the significance of the formation of the ozone layer? Protected land animals from UV radiation Back

28 Final Jeopardy Back End Game List and explain four possible causes of the mass extinctions that have occurred in Earth’s history.

29 Final Jeopardy Answer Volcanic Activity Climate change Meteors or Asteroids Disease Mountain building Sea level change Competing organisms Over-specialization