Welcome to Jeopardy!

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Welcome to Jeopardy!

• Todays Topic Evolution
• With Your Favorite Host Ms. Ings ?

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Ear muscles are an example of

• A. Homologous Parts
• B. Vestigial Organs
• C. Analogous Parts
• D. Convergent Evolution

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Some bacteria populations have become antibiotic
resistant. This is an example of

• A. Direct Observation of Evolution
• B. Evidence from Biochemistry
• C. Evidence from Anatomy
• D. Embryology

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Which is the approximate age of the Earth?

• A. 4.5 thousand years ago
• B. 4.5 million years ago
• C. 4.5 billion years ago
• D. 4.5 trillion years ago

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The DNA sequences of whales and ungulates (hoofed
animals) are very similar. What type of evidence?

• A. Vestigial
• B. Biochemistry
• C. Embryological
• D. Fossil

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Which gas was most likely not part of the Earths
early atmosphere?
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Which is part of the endosymbiont theory?

• A. Ancient prokaryotes engulfed eukaryotes
• B. Chloroplasts evolved from cyanobacteria
• C. Engulfed nutrients became mitochondria
• D. Archaea evolved into eukaryotes

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Which species did we evolve from?

• A. Chimpanzee
• B. Gorilla
• C. Ape
• D. None of the above

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The flying squirrel and flying phalanger are
examples of

• A. Analogous Structures
• B. Divergent Evolution
• C. Convergent Evolution
• D. Homologous Structures

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Two species that are in a symbiotic relationship
can lead to

• A. Divergent Evolution
• B. Convergent Evolution
• C. Coevolution
• D. All of the above

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Human breeding of animals or plants for desired
traits is called

• A. Lamarckian Selection
• B. Natural Selection
• C. Inheritance
• D. Artificial Selection

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Fossils have been found that provide a link in
the evolution of whales from

• A. Two-legged mammals
• B. Legless amphibians
• C. Four-legged mammals
• D. Flightless birds

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What type of adaptation is listed below?

• A. Camouflage
• B. Mimicry
• C. Its the same species
• D. Natural Selection

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Two ancestors have similar DNA sequences, it
would indicate that

• A. share a common ancestor
• B. are not closely related
• C. will have similar fitness
• D. Have no evolutionary relationship

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Members of a species can interbreed and

• A. Have separate reproductive strategies
• B. Are distantly related to each other
• C. Produce fertile offspring
• D. Have a very different appearance

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Name this type of natural selection.
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In the course of natural selection, best adapted
organisms tend to ____ and therefore produce ____
offspring.

• A. Die off, many
• B. Survive, more
• C. Overproduce, abnormal
• D. Die off, few

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Which combination of characteristics in a
population would provide the greatest potential
for evolutionary change?

• A. Small population, few mutations
• B. Large population, few mutations
• C. Small populations, many mutations
• D. Large population, many mutations

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What type of adaptation is shown below?

• A. Camouflage
• B. Artificial Selection
• C. Homologous structures
• D. Analogous structures

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Whale fin and a bat wing are

• A. Analogous
• B. Vestigial
• C. Homologous
• D. Heterologous

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A population of bears became geographically
separated. Due to this, the bears also had
_________.

• A. Homologous Structures
• B. Analogous Structures
• C. Convergent Evolution
• D. Reproductive Isolation

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Human and horse hemoglobin have more differences
in amino acids than human and gorilla. What type
of Evidence for evolution is being studied?

• A. DNA
• B. Anatomy
• C. Structural
• D. Biochemical

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On a certain island there is a group of about 50
species of highly variable, but closely related,
species of birds called Blackhats. These species
appear to be related to a small group of plants
in North America. What are the Blackhats an
example of?

• A. Mimicry
• B. Analogous Structures
• C. Vestigial Structures
• D. Adaptive Radiation

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Anatomically similar structures inherited from a
common ancestor are called ________________
structures.

• A. Homologous
• B. Analogous
• C. Vestigial
• D. Divergent

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Which answer best shows an animal's adaptation to
the tropical rain forest?

• A. Camouflage in a Tree Frog
• B. An Elephants Long Trunk
• C. The Long Neck of a Giraffe
• D. Migration of Birds in Winter

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A mutation is a _________ change in genetic
material.

• A. Adaptive
• B. Random
• C. Naturally Selected
• D. Divergent

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Punctuated equilibrium and gradualism are two
models that describe the _____ of speciation.

• A. Rate
• B. Cause
• C. Direction
• D. Completion

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Name the types of evolution for EACH!
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Which characteristic of the skulls below shows an
increase in intelligence?

• A. Increased brain cavity size
• B. Small eye sockets
• C. Decreased teeth size
• D. Round jaw

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Which of the following is an adaptation of
primates?

• A. Being able to walk on only 2 legs
• B. Flexible shoulders
• C. Slightly curved spine
• D. Long narrow pelvis

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The HIV virus is constantly changing and
evolving. What type of evidence for evolution is
this?

• A. Anatomy
• B. Direct Observation
• C. Embryology
• D. Biochemistry

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Broccoli and Cauliflower are the same species.
This is an example of

• A. Natural Selection
• B. Artificial Selection
• C. Selective Breeding
• D. Genetic Breeding

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_______ molecules were created from ______present
in the Earths atmosphere.

• A. Carbon, Water Vapor
• B. Organic, Sulfur
• C. Inorganic, Lightening
• D. Organic, inorganic

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Scientist hypothesize first cells were similar to
_________.

• A. Prokaryotes
• B. Archaea
• C. Cyanobacteria
• D. Bacteria

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Box 3 is

• A. Archaea
• B. Chloroplast
• C. Cyanobacteria
• D. Mitochondria

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What was the essential experimental difference
between the flasks in Pasteurs demonstration of
biogenesis?

• A. the contact of the nutrient broth with air
• B. the composition of the nutrient broth
• C. the angle of tilt of the flasks
• D. the contact of the broth with microorganisms

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What was the significance of the Cambrian
explosion to the evolution of life on Earth?

• A. It was a mass extinction during which nearly
  90 of marine species were lost.
• B. It was a rapid diversification of the
  ancestors of most major animal groups.
• C. It was caused by tectonic instability,
  resulting in an eruption of multiple volcanoes.
• D. It was the event in which life began, but no
  fossils survive and little is known.

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The Diagram Below best represents

• A. Gradual Equilibrium
• B. Phylogenic Tree
• C. Gradualism
• D. Ancestry Limbs

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A check of the supermarket produce section will
show you that no two eggplants are exactly alike
in shape, color, or size. Darwin would explain
this by saying that ____.

• A. variations exist in any population
• B. mutations occurred to form these different
  eggplants
• C. eggplant differences result from
  overproduction
• D. chance was responsible for all the differences
  seen