JEOPARDY! Evolution Click Once to Begin To change the question and answer slides, select the question or answer text box and type in your own questions and answers. To play, click on a question on the game board to go to that question. The house icon will take you to the game board and the question mark icon will take you to the answer slide. Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

History of Evolutionary Thought JEOPARDY! Darwin History of Evolutionary Thought Origin of Life Fossil Records Process of Evolution Population Genetics 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Darwin collected many organisms from these volcanic islands off the coast of South America Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

The Galapagos Is. Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Choose one answer: Darwin noted that fossils in South America more closely resembled (a) fossils from the same era in Europe or (b) fossils of other organisms now living in South America Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

(b) Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What is the title and publication date of Darwin’s most significant publication? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Darwin acquired his degree in the field of _____? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

botany Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Name the two most widely accepted ideas that Darwin had to overcome in order to promote his ideas about natural selection. Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

(1) The Earth was ~ 6000 years old (2) Life was fixed and unchanging. Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Who developed a nearly identical theory of natural selection around the same time as Darwin? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Wallace 1726-1797 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Who purported that populations have the potential to grow exponentially due to the high reproductive potential of all organisms? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Malthus, 1766-1834 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Who believed in the concept of acquired inheritance, that the use of a trait allows that trait to develop over time and be passed on to one’s offspring? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Lamarck, 1745-1828 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Who created the binomial classification system for organisms that is still in use today? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Linnaeus 1707-1778 Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Name two reasons the Origin of the Species succeeded in changing the direction of scientific thought when other proposals by other men had failed? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

- Logical step-wise presentation -examples With both domesticated animals and plants -easily observable -lots of detailed examples Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Which taxonomic group listed is the oldest? Fungi, bacteria, protists Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

bacteria Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Name one of the energy sources thought to drive the anabolic reactions of the first molecule of life? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Lightening or UV Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What molecule was most likely the first hereditary material? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

RNA Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

According to the most recent hypothesis, what would the first organic monomers have been? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Amino acids or nucleotides Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Besides the reducing atmosphere hypothesis, name two other ways or places in which the first organic molecules are speculated to have formed? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Deep sea vents, meteoritesfrom space Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Approximately how old I the Earth according to geologic dating? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

4.5 billion years old Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What are protobionts? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Droplets of polymers packaged in a membrane where the internal and external environments are different Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Describe two traits of the plant earth during it first 1 billion years? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

No life, earth was bombarded by meteors, all water was in vapor form, very hot surface, dramatic storms and a reducing atmosphere Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Describe two traits of the Earth between 3.5-2.0 bya? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Prokaryotic life; oxygen began to accumulate due to photosynthesis by cyanobacteria; there were large oceans are lakes; rocks with iron began to oxidize; prokaryotes began cell respiration Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Describe a circumstance in which organic monomers may have formed polymers without the use of enzymes and cellular components Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

On hot clay or rocks rain on lava beds sea droplets on lava, deep at sea vents, or places on the ocean floor with heat and pressure. Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

According to the biological species concept, what is a species? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce live, fertile offspring Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Organism will evolve into better, stronger, more intelligent or more complex organisms over time. True or False? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

False Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Natural selection occurs at what level Natural selection occurs at what level? The individual, population, community, ecosystem Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

population Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What do we call the process that reslts in the evolution of a new taxonomic group? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

macroevolution Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What is the term for the type of speciation that occurs when a population is geographically separated? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Allopatric speciation Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Most mutations alter protein synthesis. True or False? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

false Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What is the term that means the total aggregate of genes in a population at any give time? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Gene pool Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What is the key difference between microevolution and macroevolution? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Macroevolution results in new species Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What type of natural selection favors variants of opposite extremes in a population? Splitting the population into two morphs? Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Diversifying natural selection Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

What type of selection favors the most common morph, culling extreme morphs from either end of the psectrum Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD

Stabilizing natural selection Template by Modified by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Chad Vance, CCISD