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Chapter 15 a

Chapter 15 a. Darwin’s Thinking. Darwin’s Case. Darwin’s Case. Darwin’s Case. Life’s Diversity. $100. $100. $100. $ 100. $100. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $400. $400. $400. $400. $400. $500. $500. $500. $500. $500. FINAL ROUND.

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Chapter 15 a

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  1. Chapter 15 a Darwin’s Thinking Darwin’s Case Darwin’s Case Darwin’s Case Life’s Diversity $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 FINAL ROUND

  2. Life’s Diversity:$100 Question • Question: Darwin noticed that many organisms seemed well suited to • a. Being preserved as fossils. • b. Swimming from South America to the Galapagos Islands. • c. Surviving in the environment they inhabited. • d. Providing humans with food. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  3. Life’s Diversity:$100 Answer • Question: Darwin noticed that many organisms seemed well suited to • a. Being preserved as fossils. • b. Swimming from South Americ to the Galapagos Islands. • c. Surviving in the environment they inhabited. • d. Providing humans with food. BACK TO GAME

  4. Life’s Diversity:$200 Question • Question: On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin observed • a. Completely unrelated species on each of the islands. • b. Species completely unrelated to those found in South America. • c. Species exactly like those found on each of the islands. • d. Somewhat similar species, with traits that suited their particular environments. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  5. Life’s Diversity:$200 Answer • Question: On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin observed • a. Completely unrelated species on each of the islands. • b. Species completely unrelated to those found in South America. • c. Species exactly like those found on each of the islands. • d. Somewhat similar species, with traits that suited their particular environments. BACK TO GAME

  6. Life’s Diversity:$300 Question • Question: The species of finches that Darwin found in the Galapagos Islands displayed different structural adaptations. One of the adaptations that Darwin noted was the • a. Similarities of the birds’ embryos. • b. birds’ different-shaped beaks. • c. Length of the birds’ necks. • d. Number of eggs in each birds’ nest. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  7. Life’s Diversity:$300 Answer • Question: The species of finches that Darwin found in the Galapagos Islands displayed different structural adaptations. One of the adaptations that Darwin noted was the • a. Similarities of the birds’ embryos. • b. birds’ different-shaped beaks. • c. Length of the birds’ necks. • d. Number of eggs in each birds’ nest. BACK TO GAME

  8. Life’s Diversity:$400 Question • Question: Based on the adaptations Darwin observed in finches and tortoises in the Galapagos, he wondered • a. If species living on different islands had once been members of the same species. • b. If finches and tortoises had originated from the same ancestral species. • c. If all birds on the different islands were finches. • d. Why all tortoises on the different islands were identical. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  9. Life’s Diversity:$400 Answer • Question: Based on the adaptations Darwin observed in finches and tortoises in the Galapagos, he wondered • a. If species living on different islands had once been members of the same species. • b. If finches and tortoises had originated from the same ancestral species. • c. If all birds on the different islands were finches. • d. Why all tortoises on the different islands were identical. BACK TO GAME

  10. Life’s Diversity:$500 Question • Question: Darwin began to formulate his concept of evolution by natural selection after • Experimentation with animals. • Observations of many species and their geographical location. • Reading the writings of Wallace. • Agreeing with Lamarck about the driving force behind evolution. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  11. Life’s Diversity:$500 Answer • Question: Darwin began to formulate his concept of evolution by natural selection after • Experimentation with animals. • Observations of many species and their geographical location. • Reading the writings of Wallace. • Agreeing with Lamarck about the driving force behind evolution. BACK TO GAME

  12. Manipulating DNA: $100 Question • Question: James Hutton’s and Charles Lyell’s work suggests that • a. Earth is many millions of years old. • b. Earth is several thousand years old. • c. All fossils were formed in the last 1000 years. • d. All rocks on Earth contain fossils. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  13. Darwin’s Thinking:$100 Answer • Question: James Hutton’s and Charles Lyell’s work suggests that • a. Earth is many millions of years old. • b. Earth is several thousand years old. • c. All fossils were formed in the last 1000 years. • d. All rocks on Earth contain fossils. BACK TO GAME

  14. Darwin’s Thinking: $200 Question • Question: In the 1800s, Lyell emphasized that • a. The human population will outgrow the available food supply. • b. Earth is a few thousand years old. • c. Past geological events must be explained in terms of processes observable today. • d. All populations evolve through natural selection. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  15. Darwin’s Thinking: $200 Answer • Question: In the 1800s, Lyell emphasized that • a. The human population will outgrow the available food supply. • b. Earth is a few thousand years old. • c. Past geological events must be explained in terms of processes observable today. • d. All populations evolve through natural selection. BACK TO GAME

  16. Darwin’s Thinking: $300 Question • Question: One scientist who attempted to explain how rock layers form and change over time was • a. Thomas Malthus • b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck • c. Charles Darwin • d. James Hutton ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  17. Darwin’s Thinking: $300 Answer • Question: One scientist who attempted to explain how rock layers form and change over time was • a. Thomas Malthus • b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck • c. Charles Darwin • d. James Hutton BACK TO GAME

  18. Darwin’s Thinking: $400 Question • Question: The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that • a. In the human population, people die faster than babies are born. • b. There would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population. • c. The majority of a species’ offspring die. • d. In the 1700s, England needed more housing. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  19. Darwin’s Thinking: $400 Answer • Question: The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that • a. In the human population, people die faster than babies are born. • b. There would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population. • c. The majority of a species’ offspring die. • d. In the 1700s, England needed more housing. BACK TO GAME

  20. Darwin’s Thinking:$500 Question • Question: James Hutton’s and Charles Lyell’s work was important to Darwin because these scientists • a. Explained volcanoes and earthquakes. • b. Explained all geologic events on Earth. • c. Suggested that Earth was old enough for evolution to have occurred. • d. Refuted the work of Lamarck, which was based on misunderstandings. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  21. Darwin’s Thinking: $500 Answer • Question: James Hutton’s and Charles Lyell’s work was important to Darwin because these scientists • a. Explained volcanoes and earthquakes. • b. Explained all geologic events on Earth. • c. Suggested that Earth was old enough for evolution to have occurred. • d. Refuted the work of Lamarck, which was based on misunderstandings. BACK TO GAME

  22. Darwin’s Case:$100 Question • Question: In 1859, Darwin published his revolutionary scientific ideas in a work titled • a. Evolution of Species. • b. Essay on the Principle of Population. • c. On the Origin of Species • d. Principles of Evolution ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  23. Darwin’s Case:$100 Answer • Question: In 1859, Darwin published his revolutionary scientific ideas in a work titled • a. Evolution of Species. • b. Essay on the Principle of Population. • c. On the Origin of Species • d. Principles of Evolution BACK TO GAME

  24. Darwin’s Case:$200 Question • Question: When Charles Darwin returned from the voyage of the Beagle, he • a. Copied the evolutionary theory of Wallace. • b. Wrote about his ideas but waited many years to publish them. • c. Realized his ideas but waited many years to publish them. • d. Immediately published his ideas about evolution. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  25. Darwin’s Case:$200 Answer • Question: When Charles Darwin returned from the voyage of the Beagle, he • a. Copied the evolutionary theory of Wallace. • b. Wrote about his ideas but waited many years to publish them. • c. Realized his ideas but waited many years to publish them. • d. Immediately published his ideas about evolution. BACK TO GAME

  26. Darwin’s Case:$300 Question • Question: When farmers select animals or plants to use for breeding, they look for • a. Species that are perfect and unchanging. • b. Natural variations that are present in a species. • c. Homologous structures. • d. Characteristics acquired during the lifetime of the organism. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  27. Darwin’s Case:$300 Answer • Question: When farmers select animals or plants to use for breeding, they look for • a. Species that are perfect and unchanging. • b. Natural variations that are present in a species. • c. Homologous structures. • d. Characteristics acquired during the lifetime of the organism. BACK TO GAME

  28. Darwin’s Case:$400 Question • Question: Which statement about the members of a population that live long enough to reproduce is consistent with the theory of natural selection? • a. They transmit characteristics acquired by use and disuse to their offspring. • b. They tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the population. • c. They will perpetuate unfavorable changes in the species. • d. They are the ones that are best adapted to survive in their environment. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  29. Darwin’s Case:$400 Answer • Question: Which statement about the members of a population that live long enough to reproduce is consistent with the theory of natural selection? • a. They transmit characteristics acquired by use and disuse to their offspring. • b. They tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the population. • c. They will perpetuate unfavorable changes in the species. • d. They are the ones that are best adapted to survive in their environment. BACK TO GAME

  30. Darwin’s Case:$500 Question • Question: According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have • a. Characteristics their parents acquired by sue and disuse. • b. Characteristics that plant and animal breeders value. • c. The greatest number of offspring. • d. Variations best suited to the environment. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  31. Darwin’s Case:$500 Answer • Question: According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have • a. Characteristics their parents acquired by sue and disuse. • b. Characteristics that plant and animal breeders value. • c. The greatest number of offspring. • d. Variations best suited to the environment. BACK TO GAME

  32. Darwin’s Case:$100 Question • Question: Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment • a. fitness • b. diversity • c. adaptation • d. evolution ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  33. Darwin’s Case:$100 Answer • Question: Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment • a. fitness • b. diversity • c. adaptation • d. evolution BACK TO GAME

  34. Darwin’s Case:$200 Question • Question: When a farmer breeds only his best livestock, the process involved is • a. Natural selection • b. Artificial variation • c. Survival of the fittest • d. Artificial selection ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  35. Darwin’s Case:$200 Answer • Question: When a farmer breeds only his best livestock, the process involved is • a. Natural selection • b. Artificial variation • c. Survival of the fittest • d. Artificial selection BACK TO GAME

  36. Darwin’s Case:$300 Question • Question: Modern sea star larvae resemble some primitive vertebrate larvae. This similarity may suggest that primitive vertebrates • a. Share a common ancestor with the sea star. • b. Evolved before the sea star. • c. Belong to the same species as sea stars. • d. Evolved from sea stars. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  37. Darwin’s Case:$300 Answer • Question: Modern sea star larvae resemble some primitive vertebrate larvae. This similarity may suggest that primitive vertebrates • a. Share a common ancestor with the sea star. • b. Evolved before the sea star. • c. Belong to the same species as sea stars. • d. Evolved from sea stars. BACK TO GAME

  38. Darwin’s Case:$400 Question • Question: People of Charles Darwin’s time understood that fossils • a. Were evidence for the evolution of life on Earth. • b. Were unrelated to living species. • c. Were available for every organism that ever lived. • d. Were preserved remains of ancient organisms. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  39. Darwin’s Case:$400 Answer • Question: People of Charles Darwin’s time understood that fossils • a. Were evidence for the evolution of life on Earth. • b. Were unrelated to living species. • c. Were available for every organism that ever lived. • d. Were preserved remains of ancient organisms. BACK TO GAME

  40. Darwin’s Case:$500 Question • Question: The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of • a. The needs of the organisms. • b. a common ancestor. • c. The struggle for existence. • d. The inheritance of acquired traits. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  41. Darwin’s Case:$500 Answer • Question: The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of • a. The needs of the organisms. • b. a common ancestor. • c. The struggle for existence. • d. The inheritance of acquired traits. BACK TO GAME

  42. Darwin’s Case:$100 Question • Question: Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as • a. Evidence that Earth was thousands of years old. • b. Interesting but unrelated to the evolution of modern species. • c. Evidence that traits are acquired through use or disuse. • d. A detailed record of evolution. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  43. Darwin’s Case:$100 Answer • Question: Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as • a. Evidence that Earth was thousands of years old. • b. Interesting but unrelated to the evolution of modern species. • c. Evidence that traits are acquired through use or disuse. • d. A detailed record of evolution. BACK TO GAME

  44. Darwin’s Case:$200 Question • Question: The hypothesis that species change over time by natural selection was proposed by • a. James Hutton. • b. Thomas Malthus. • c. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. • d. Charles Darwin. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  45. Darwin’s Case:$200 Answer • Question: The hypothesis that species change over time by natural selection was proposed by • a. James Hutton. • b. Thomas Malthus. • c. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. • d. Charles Darwin. BACK TO GAME

  46. Darwin’s Case:$300 Question • Question: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution explains all of the following EXCEPT • a. How species become extinct. • b. How species change over time. • c. How inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring. • d. How evolution takes place in the natural world. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  47. Darwin’s Case:$300 Answer • Question: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution explains all of the following EXCEPT • a. How species become extinct. • b. How species change over time. • c. How inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring. • d. How evolution takes place in the natural world. BACK TO GAME

  48. Darwin’s Case:$400 Question • Question: Which phrase best defines evolution by natural selection? • a. An adaptation of a species to its environment. • b. A sudden replacement of one population by another. • c. Changes in a species as it becomes more perfect. • d. A process of change in species over time. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

  49. Darwin’s Case:$400 Answer • Question: Which phrase best defines evolution by natural selection? • a. An adaptation of a species to its environment. • b. A sudden replacement of one population by another. • c. Changes in a species as it becomes more perfect. • d. A process of change in species over time. BACK TO GAME

  50. Darwin’s Case:$500 Question • Question: The same kinds of cells that grow in similar patterns in different but related organisms produce • a. The same kind of embryos • b. Natural variations in a population. • c. Homologous structures such as wings and arms. • d. Descent with modifications. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

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