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Welcome. to. Jeopardy!. Final Jeopardy. Round 1. Skye. Poppy. Evolution-ary History. Final Jeopardy. Natural Selection. Evolution. Vocab. Species. Potpourri. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. Scores. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300.
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FinalJeopardy Round 1 Skye Poppy
Evolution-ary History Final Jeopardy Natural Selection Evolution Vocab Species Potpourri $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Scores $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
$100 A species of animal or plant threatened with extinction
$100 Endangered Scores
$200 What % of species that have lived on Earth are still here?
$200 .1%; that means many species that have lived on earth no longer exist Scores
$300 If two organism’s DNA is very similar, you can infer that these two organisms are….
$300 …evolutionarily closely related. Scores
$400 A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago.
$400 Paleontologist Scores
$500 Evolution is…; how is this different from Natural Selection?
$500 The gradual change of a species over time; Natural Selection is the theory Charles Darwin came up with the explain how Evolution happens. Scores
$100 A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history
$100 Geological Time Scale Scores
$200 The law of superposition states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is ______ than the layer above it and _______ than the layer below it.
$200 Older, younger Scores
$300 A random genetic change that causes an offspring to have a different trait than either of their parents
$300 Mutation Scores
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$400 The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species.
$400 Natural Selection Scores
$500 The struggle between organisms for limited resources necessary for survival (food, water, shelter, space).
$500 Competition Scores
$100 Who is famous for proposing the theory of natural selection and getting all the credit? Who had a similar theory published at the same time?
$100 Charles Darwin and his book, “On the Origin of Species”, are credited as proposing the theory of Evolution occurring by Natural Selection. However, Alfred Wallace published a similar theory at the same time, but it was not as well formed nor accepted. Scores
$200 Who proposed the theory of acquired traits being the source of adaptations, like a giraffe stretching his next over time?
$200 Lamarck Scores
$300 What is the fact of nature that causes the “struggle for existence”, as Darwin called it, or competition within a species for resources?
$300 Overproduction of offspring Scores
$400 When you take an observation and draw a conclusion based on what you’ve learned, what you have formulated is called an
$400 Inference (Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection is a complicated inference based on his observations.) Scores
$500 If a species survives due to an adaption and outlasts the competition, it still will not evolve unless it….
$500 Reproduces, and passes that adaptation onto its offspring. Scores
$100 A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring is a…..
$100 species Scores
$200 What are the two causes of variation that can eventually create a new species?
$200 Random mutations and sexual reproduction Scores
$300 When do scientists determine that 1 species has diverged into two?
$300 When they can no longer interbreed. Scores
$400 What was the main observation Darwin made that struck him as fascinating and served as the question he sought to answer with his theory?
$400 How is there such great variation of species on Earth? Scores
$500 What are the 3 possible effects of a mutation? What dictates its effect?
$500 Beneficial, negative, neutral; the environment Scores
$100 How are geological periods divided on the timeline? According to….
$100 The appearance and disappearance of life forms. Scores
$200 What were likely the first living things on Earth?
$200 Single-celled organisms, probably bacteria. Scores
$300 What era are we currently living in?
$300 Cenozoic Scores
