1. Science Jeopardy
Facts About Evolution
What’s your fossil record?
All About Adaptations
Evidence 4 Evolution
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3. A-100
Who was the scientist that traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1831?
Charles Darwin

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

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

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

7. A-500
A permanent change in DNA is called a ___________
A mutation

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

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

10. 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

11. B-400
Where would the oldest rock be in this formation?
At the bottom

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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

18. D-100
The study of embryos is called ______________
Embryology

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. 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

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

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

28. 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?