1. Jeopardy! Evidence of Evolution Primate Evolution 100 200 300 400 500
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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
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
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 habilis b. Australopithecus c. Homo erectus d. 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

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43. Daily Double!
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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

51. The solidified remains or imprints of a once-living organism

52. fossil

53. A group of organisms that share the characteristics of opposable thumbs, binocular vision, and flexible shoulders.

54. primates

55. True/False: Humans evolved from chimps, which is why they share so much DNA.

56. False

57. True/False: Because evolution is a theory, it’s just a guess with no evidence to back it up.

58. False

59. True/False: All animals share a common ancestor

60. True

61. True/False: Evolution is controversial because people don’t like Charles Darwin.

62. False

63. True/False: Natural selection and evolution are the same thing.

64. False

65. What is the name for an organism’s ability to walk on two limbs, instead of four?

66. bipedal

67. What is the name of the ship that Darwin traveled on?

68. The Beagle

69. What is an example of an adaptation?

70. Any number of things, including camoflauge, sharp teeth, heavy fur, etc.

71. Give an example of evidence that indicates that humans and dolphins, a type of porpoise, share a common ancestor.

72. Bones of the forelimb (arm and front flipper) are similar

73. What is the correct order of hominids. A
What is the correct order of hominids? A. Homo erectus, homo habilis, homo sapiens B. Homo sapiens, homo habilis, homo erectus C. Homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens D. Homo habilis, homo sapiens, homo erectus

74. C. Homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens

75. The gradual change in a species over time is called __________.

76. Evolution

77. What is the name for a species that no longer has any living members?

78. Extinct

79. What is a species?

80. Individuals that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

81. Give an example of how humans can cause “natural” selection.

82. In the case of elephants in Sri Lanka, humans killed those with tusks, and eventually the gene for tusks is becoming lost.

83. Provide two differences between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon homo sapiens.

84. Any number of things, including different body features (Neanderthals are thicker, shorter, prominent brow, wide nose, etc), different use of language, Cro-Magnon cave drawings and buried dead, etc.

85. Daily Double!
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87. Category: Selecting, Naturally
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Category: Selecting, Naturally

88. Final Jeopardy!
Pick a type of organism that has gone through the process of natural selection and describe what steps have led to this specific organism’s change.