Science Jeopardy Facts About Evolution What’s your fossil record? All About Adaptations Evidence 4 Evolution What do YOU know about science Final Jeopardy

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Question Answer A-100 Who was the scientist that traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1831? Charles Darwin

Question Answer A-200 What was the theory that Charles Darwin developed based on his observations in the Galapagos Islands? The theory of natural selection

Question Answer A-300 What is the constant change of an organism over a long period of time? Evolution

Question Answer A-400 What is a change in an organism that makes it different from the rest of its species? (ex. Longer legs) A variation

Question Answer A-500 A permanent change in DNA is called a ___________ A mutation

Question Answer When feathers, leaves, or whole organisms leave an impression on rock, it is called a __________ fossil An imprint fossil B-100

Question Answer B-200 Petrified wood is a good example of this type of fossil: A mineralized fossil

Question Answer B-300 You hear a scientist say ‘That fossil is 78 million years old’. You know they got that date from what type of dating? Radiometric dating

Question Answer B-400 Where would the oldest rock be in this formation? At the bottom

Question Answer B-500 There are 2 types of fossils that a scientist could obtain DNA from – what are they? Amber fossils and frozen fossils

Question Answer C-100 A variation in an organism that helps if survive is called a ________________ Adaptation

Question Answer C-200 When an organism matches its surroundings in order to hide, this is an example of what type of adaptation? Blending

Question Answer C-300 When an organism imitates an object like a stick or a leaf in its environment, it is what type of adaptation? Disguise

Question Answer C-400 When an organism imitates a harmful animal (ex. Coral snake imitating a king snake), it is an example of what? Mimicry

Question Answer C-500 Like in killer whales and penguins, when an organism is light on the bottom and dark on top, it is what type of adaptation? Countershading

Question Answer D-100 The study of embryos is called ______________ Embryology

Question Answer D-200 When organisms have similar body parts in origin and structure, what are they called? Homologous structures

Question Answer D-300 What is an example of a vestigial structure? Wisdom teeth / tailbone in humans, legs in whales

Question Answer D-400 When two organisms share a large amount of similar DNA, what does that tell scientists? That they are closely related

Question Answer D-500 In embryology, when the embryos are very similar to each other, this means what? That they are closely related

Question Answer E-100 What organelle is in charge of making energy for all cells? mitochondria

Question Answer E-200 What are the levels of organization in order? Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question Answer E-300 What are 2 differences between animal cells and plant cells? Plant cells have chloroplasts / cell walls / larger vacuoles / square shapes; animal cells don’t / smaller vacuoles and are round shapes

Question Answer E-400 What three things do plants need in order to perform photosynthesis? Water, carbon dioxide and sunlight

Question Answer E-500 What tool would a scientist use to measure the volume of water in a plastic bottle? A graduated cylinder

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER: Put these 5 dates correctly on a timeline starting with the oldest: 5 MYA, 450 MYA, 520 MYA, 16 BYA, 4 BYA QUESTION: What is 16BYA, 4BYA, 520MYA, 450MYA, and 5 MYA?