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Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!. What is the first thing that has to take place, in order for natural selection to occur in a population?. More offspring are produced than can survive. The struggle to survive among a population indicates that some members of the group have an _____________over others. advantage.

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Jeopardy!

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  1. Jeopardy!

  2. What is the first thing that has to take place, in order for natural selection to occur in a population?

  3. More offspring are produced than can survive

  4. The struggle to survive among a population indicates that some members of the group have an _____________over others.

  5. advantage

  6. These provides a reason for different organisms to have a survival advantage over others of their species.

  7. Genetic variation

  8. This is the final step of natural selection.

  9. Successful reproduction

  10. True or False: Natural selection is sometimes called the mechanism behind evolution

  11. True

  12. A living animal has remains of a once-useful structure. What are these remains in an organism called?

  13. vestigial structures

  14. The primary piece of evidence of evolution comes from _________, which are found in sedimentary rocks.

  15. Fossils

  16. If two organisms have a lot of bases or amino acids of DNA in common, they most likely have a recent _________________.

  17. common ancestor

  18. When two organisms have similar bone arrangements, they are said to have ____________ structures.

  19. homologous

  20. Early in development, chickens and humans have similar forms. This early development similarities are called ___________structures_.

  21. Embroyonic

  22. One of the characteristics that sets primates apart from other mammals is their ability to grasp things. What body part allows them to do this?

  23. Opposable thumb

  24. A feature that is specific to primates is their use of binocular vision, which enables them to see _________.

  25. depth

  26. Most of the earliest hominid fossils were found on what continent?

  27. Africa

  28. Name the variety of hominids that modern humans are most directly descended from (those that came directly before modern humans).

  29. Cro-Magnons

  30. Which of the following was the earliest example of a hominid that was found?a. Homo habilisb. Australopithecusc. Homo erectusd. Homo earlius

  31. b. Australopithecus

  32. Darwin did his most important research on this animal.

  33. Finches

  34. What feature on organisms did Darwin draw most of his conclusions from?

  35. Beaks

  36. Darwin developed the theory of __________.

  37. Natural selection

  38. Darwin did his most important research at this location.

  39. The Galapagos Islands

  40. True or False: Darwin’s studies were quite popular among his contemporaries (other people of his time.)

  41. False

  42. Daily Double! Please select a wager

  43. Daily Double! Please select a wager

  44. Double Jeopardy!

  45. A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment

  46. adaptation

  47. A method of finding an approximate age of a fossil is called ___________________.

  48. relative dating

  49. The general name given to the group of humanlike primates.

  50. hominid

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