Charles Darwin

FossilsEvidence Darwin’s Theory Patterns of Evolution Genetic Equilibrium Speciation $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

1 ~ $100 Answer The three types of fossils.

1 ~ $100 Question What are Imprints, Casts, and Molds?

1 ~ $200 Answer The ___ of fossils is determined from their position in the rock.

1 ~ $200 Question What is relative age?

1 ~ $300 Answer Fossils are found most commonly in layers of ___ rock.

1 ~ $300 Question What is sedimentary?

1 ~ $400 Answer The amount of carbon-14 left in a fossil after 22,920 years.

1 ~ $400 Question What is 1 / 16 ?

1 ~ $500 Answer The amount of nitrogen-14 in a fossil after 17,190 years.

1 ~ $500 Question What is 7 / 8 ?

2 ~ $100 Answer Structures that are embryologically similar.

2 ~ $100 Question What are homologous structures?

2 ~ $200 Answer A functionless structure that may be homologous to useful structures in other species.

2 ~ $200 Question What is a vestigial organ?

2 ~ $300 Answer ___ reveals the exact number of differences between organisms of different species.

2 ~ $300 Question What is Biochemistry?

2 ~ $400 Answer The finches that Darwin collected were similar because they all shared a ___.

2 ~ $400 Question What is a common ancestor?

The two proteins that are most commonly used for biochemical testing to compare the evolution of two organisms. 2 ~ $500 Question

What are Hemoglobin & Cytochrome C?

3 ~ $100 Answer Darwin’s position on the Beagle.

3 ~ $100 Question What is naturalist?

3 ~ $200 Answer An inherited variation that increases an organism’s chance of survival in a particular environment.

3 ~ $200 Question What is adaptation?

3 ~ $300 Answer The process by which organisms with favorable variations survive and reproduce at a higher rate.

3 ~ $300 Question What is natural selection?

3 ~ $400 Answer The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in an environment.

3 ~ $400 Question What is fitness?

3 ~ $500 Answer The first systematic presentation of evolution was put forth by ___.

3 ~ $500 Question Who is Jean LeMarck?

4 ~ $100 Answer The evolution of the Galápagos finches is an example of ___.

4 ~ $100 Question What is divergent evolution?

4 ~ $200 Answer An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species.

4 ~ $200 Question What is adaptive radiation?

4 ~ $300 Answer The evolution of dolphins and sharks is an example of ___.

4 ~ $300 Question What is convergent evolution?

4 ~ $400 Answer The process by which two or more species change in response to each other.

4 ~ $400 Question What is coevolution?

4 ~ $500 Answer An anteater develops a longer nose in response to ants digging deeper into the soil. This is an example of ___.

4 ~ $500 Question What is coevolution?

5 ~ $100 Answer The movement of genes into or out of a population.

5 ~ $100 Question What is gene flow?

5 ~ $200 Answer The single most significant factor disrupting genetic equilibrium.

5 ~ $200 Question What is natural selection?

5 ~ $300 Answer The type of selection that favors the intermediate form of an organism.

5 ~ $300 Question What is stabilizing selection?

5 ~ $400 Answer There are 80 red flowers out of a population of 100 flowers. The rest of the flowers are white. q = ?

5 ~ $400 Question What is 0.45?

5 ~ $500 Answer 22 ducks in a population of 50 have small bills. The number of ducks with medium-sized bills is ___.

5 ~ $500 Question What is 22?

6 ~ $100 Answer The formation of a new species.

6 ~ $100 Question What is speciation?

6 ~ $200 Answer A theory that speciation may occur during brief periods of rapid genetic change.

6 ~ $200 Question What is punctuated equilibrium?

6 ~ $300 Answer A highway is built across an abandoned field. This can lead the ___ of some species.

6 ~ $300 Question What is geographic isolation?

6 ~ $400 Answer The inability of formerly interbreeding organisms to produce offspring.

6 ~ $400 Question What is reproductive isolation?

6 ~ $500 Answer Disruption of genetic equilibrium leads to changes in the ___ of a population.

6 ~ $500 Question What is gene pool?

30 Seconds A shift in allele frequencies in a population due to random events or chance.

What is genetic drift?