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2. Evolution Jeopardy

3. Variation Mechanisms of Evolution Regents Questions Survival of the Fittest $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 Exit

4. Variation for $100 A mistake in the DNA sequence, resulting in variation Answer

5. Mutation Back to the Board

6. Variation for $200 The type of cell division that produces unique offspring Answer

7. Meiosis Back to the Board

8. Variation for $300 The type of reproduction that produces variation in the offspring. Answer

9. Sexual reproduction Back to the Board

10. Variation for $400 When homologous chromosomes pair up during meiosis and exchange genes like baseball cards, causing variation. Answer

11. Crossing over Back to the Board

12. Variation for $500 Variation in offspring may produce a new and desirable trait. For the trait to spread through the population it must have ________ ______. Answer

13. Adaptive value Back to the Board

14. Mechanisms of Evolution for $100 When a species produces more offspring than can possibly survive. Answer

15. Overproduction Back to the Board

16. Mechanisms of Evolution for $200 Overproduction and a limited amount of resources produces this between organisms. Answer

17. Competition Back to the Board

18. Mechanisms of Evolution for $300 The major benefit of sexual reproduction, which can lead to new traits that have adaptive value. Answer

19. Genetic Variation Back to the Board

20. Mechanisms of Evolution for $400 Any trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is said to have _________ _______. Answer

21. Adaptive Value Back to the Board

22. Mechanisms of Evolution for $500 The process of the environment choosing which traits have the most adaptive value, thus choosing which organisms will survive. Answer

23. Natural Selection Back to the Board

24. Regents Questions for $100 • A maple tree releases hundreds of seeds in a single season. This is an example of… • A. a mutation • B. geographic isolation • C. overproduction • D. non-random mating Answer

25. C. overproduction Back to the Board

26. Regents Questions for $200 • A correct interpretation of the theory of natural selection could be… • A. The strongest survive • B. Nature will cause mutations that fit the environment better • C. Individuals will naturally select the variations which allow them to live better • D. Individuals which are most fit to the environmental conditions will survive. Answer

27. D. Individuals which are most fit to the environmental conditions will survive. Back to the Board

28. Regents Questions for $300 What is the best definition of evolution? a. Genetic change in an individual. b. Genetic change in a population over time. c. The process by which humans came from monkeys. d. The process by which somatic mutations are passed down to offspring. Answer

29. b. Genetic change in a population over time. Back to the Board

30. Regents Questions for $400 The structural similarities between the flippers of whales and the arms of humans are used to show that the… a. human species began life in the oceans b. human species and whales have a common ancestry c. whales are older than the human species d. whales evolved from the human species Answer

31. b. human species and whales have a common ancestry Back to the Board

32. Regents Questions for $500 • The short “tailbones” of humans are thought to be an example of • A. Homologous structures proving evolution • B. An adaptation caused by an early ancestors need to have a tail to survive • C. Homogeneous structures which indicate common ancestry • D. Vestigial structures which are remnants of structures no longer needed for survival Answer

33. D. Vestigial structures which are remnants of structures no longer needed for survival Back to the Board

34. Survival of the Fittestfor $100 The struggle for survival between organisms over food, shelter, and mates Answer

35. Competition Back to the Board

36. Survival of the Fittestfor $200 Charles Darwin’s theory, that explains how the most fit survive to pass on their genes Answer

37. Natural Selection Back to the Board

38. Survival of the Fittestfor $300 Traits that make on organism more fit to survive are said to have ________ ______ . Answer

39. Adaptive Value Back to the Board

40. Survival of the Fittestfor $400 Darwin's studies of finches on the Galapagos Islands suggest that the finches' differences in beak structure were most directly due to • A.)acquired characteristics in the parent finches • B.)the size of the island where the finches live • C.)mating behaviors of the different finch species • D.)adaptations of the finches to different environments Answer

41. D.)adaptations of the finches to different environments Back to the Board

42. Survival of the Fittest for $500 Certain strains of bacteria that could be killed by penicillin have now become resistant and penicillin is no longer effective. The probable explanation for this is that a.the gene mutation rate must have increased naturally. b.the strains have become resistant because they needed to do so for survival. c.a mutation that gave some of them resistance was passed on to succeeding generations because it had high survival value. d.the penicillin influence the bacterial pattern of mating. Answer

43. c.a mutation that gave some of them resistance was passed on to succeeding generations because it had high survival value. Back to the Board

44. Final Jeopardy

45. Amino Acids Name for a chain of Amino Acids

46. Polypeptide

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