EVOLUTION Biology by Miller and Levine; Prenntice Hall Publishing©2006 JEOPARDY

Darwin’s Theory Vocab Scientists Picture ID Miscellaneous 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

Darwin’s Theory 100 Islands Darwin visited that greatly influenced his ideas about species diversity A: The Galάpagos Islands. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Darwin’s Theory 200 Another name for “survival of the fittest” A: Natural selection. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Darwin’s Theory 300 Idea that organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully A: “Survival of the Fittest”. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Darwin’s Theory 400 Darwin’s idea that each species has descended with changes from other species over time A: Descent with modification. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Darwin’s Theory 500 Name 3 (or more) types of evidence that support Darwin’s theory of evolution A: Fossils, artificial selection, geographic distribution, homologous structures, vestigial organs, embryology, DNA similarities, appearance of new diseases (like HIV, swine flu and antibiotic resistant bacteria). S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Vocabulary 100 All the genes and allele variations that exist in a population A: The gene pool. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Vocabulary 200 Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues A: Homologous structures. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Vocabulary 300 When humans select and breed organisms with traits they find desirable. A: “Artificial selection”. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Vocabulary 400 Any inherited characteristic that increases and organisms chance for survival A: Adaptations. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Vocabulary 500 Mates, food or space is why organisms might do this A: Competition. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Scientists 100 French naturalist who proposed the inheritance of acquired traits (e.g. weight-lifting -> big muscles -> children born with big muscles) A: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Scientists 200 Geologists Hutton & Lyell’s reasoning behind the hypothesis that the earth was millions of years old. A: “Process that shaped the Earth continue in the present” (volcanoes, erosion, uplift). S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Scientists 300 Explain why Lamarck’s hypothesis about inheritance of acquired traits is incorrect? A: Genes, not acquired characteristics, determine which traits are passed on. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Scientists 400 Economist who predicted that the human population will grow faster than the food and space needed to sustain it A: Thomas Malthus. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Scientists 500 Scientist whose similar ideas about evolution prompted Darwin to publish his THEORY of EVOLUTION A: Alfred Wallace. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Picture ID 100 These are examples of __________________ http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/evolution12/evolutionclues.html Picture ID 100 These are examples of __________________ Homologous structures S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Picture ID 200 Skink legs are examples of ________________ Biology by Miller and Levine; Prenntice Hall Publishing©2006 Picture ID 200 Skink legs are examples of ________________ Vestigial organs S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Biology by Miller and Levine; Prenntice Hall Publishing©2006 Picture ID 300 The idea that this crab could make its claw bigger by using it and then pass this “big claw trait” on to its offspring A: Inheritance of Acquired Traits. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Picture ID 400 This turtle’s long neck, a porcupine’s quills, and a polar bear’s white fur are all examples of _______________ adaptations Images from: Biology by Miller and Levine; Prenntice Hall Publishing©2006 http://www.toykeeper.com/pages/fp.porcupine.html http://pcs.linuxkidd.com/Wallpaper/Animals/Polar_Bear_Cub.jpg S2C06 Jeopardy Review

http://www. practicallyedible. com/edible. nsf/(images)/ed http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/(images)/ed.2409/$file/lima_beans.jpg Picture ID 500 Finding lima beans with a variety of different sizes is an example of ____________________ Natural variation S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Miscellaneous 100 A well-supported, testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world. A: What is a theory? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Miscellaneous 200 Name the book Darwin published providing evidence for this THEORY OF EVOLUTION A: What is “The Origin of Species”? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

* Miscellaneous 300 Which of the following are NOT part of Darwin’s THEORY of EVOLUTION? natural variation overproduction of offspring survival of the fittest inheritance of acquired characteristics descent with modification * S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Explain how the fossil record supports Darwin’s theory of evolution Miscellaneous 400 Explain how the fossil record supports Darwin’s theory of evolution A: Shows the Earth is very old allowing time for evolution to happen; Shows record of change over time; Shows intermediate organisms S2C06 Jeopardy Review

http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/sjasper/images/so28_04.gif Miscellaneous 500 Explain how DNA sequencing supports Darwin’s theory of evolution A: Organisms with more shared DNA sequences have a more recent common ancestor. S2C06 Jeopardy Review