This is Jeopardy

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This is Jeopardy

• Evolution

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Final Jeopardy
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C1-100-The answer is
During his travels Darwin noticed this structural
adaptation of finches.
Different beaks
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C1-200-The answer is
A giraffe stretching his neck or a person
building big muscles is an example of this.
Acquired trait
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C1-300-The answer is
Darwin gathered much of his evidence of evolution
on these islands.
Galapagos
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C1-400-The answer is
Hutton and Lyell influenced Darwin because they
suggested that
Earth was old enough for evolution to have
occurred.
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C1-500-The answer is
Darwins revolutionary scientific ideas were
published in a work titled
On the Origin of the Species
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C2-100-The answer is
The definition of fitness is
Most able to survive and reproduce
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C2-200-The answer is
When a farmer breeds only his best livestock, the
process involved is called
Artificial selection
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C2-300-The answer is
The appendix in humans and pelvis in whales are
examples of
Vestigial organs.
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C2-400-The answer is
This was the missing link in Darwins Theory
Genetics - DNA
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C2-500-The answer is
Structures that look somewhat alike and serve the
same function but have different embryological
origins.
Analagous
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C3-100-The answer is
Most fossils form here.
Sedimentary rock
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C3-200-The answer is
Miller and Ureys experiments attempted to
demonstrate this.
How organic molecules formed
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C3-300-The answer is
To compare the relative age of fossils,
scientists often use an easily recognized species
called a/an
Index fossil
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C3-400-The answer is
The endosymbiotic theory proposes that eukaryotic
cells arose from
A symbiotic relationship between 2 prokaryotes
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C3-500-The answer is
Why did oceans not exist 4 billion years ago?
Water was a gas because so hot
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C4-100-The answer is
The first organisms on Earth were most likely?
Bacteria
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C4-200-The answer is
In the past, mass extinctions encouraged the
rapid evolution of surviving species by.
Making new habitats available to them
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C4-300-The answer is
Spontaneous generation is the hypothesis that
life comes from?
Non-living matter
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C4-400-The answer is
The process by which 2 species evolve in response
to each other is called..
Coevolution
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C4-500-The answer is
The type of evolution represented by Darwins
Finches.
Divergent evolution or adaptive radiation.
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C5-100-The answer is
This theory states that life comes from other
life.
biogenesis
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C5-200-The answer is
Which gas is the most predominant in our
atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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C5-300-The answer is
Organisms that have similar genetic make-ups have
a
Recent common ancestor
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C5-400-The answer is
Fossilized evidence of Earths first life forms
would consist of
Prokaryotes from the Precambrian
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C6-500-The answer is
What was the significance of the formation of the
ozone layer?
Protected land animals from UV radiation
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Final Jeopardy
List and explain four possible causes of the mass
extinctions that have occurred in Earths history.
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End Game
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Volcanic Activity Climate change Meteors or
Asteroids Disease Mountain building Sea level
change Competing organisms Over-specialization