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Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy. Compliments of the James Madison Center, JMU. Where did Charles Darwin spend time doing his research?. The Galaogos Islands off the Pacific coast of South America. His observations helped him form what theory about how species change over time?.

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Double Jeopardy

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  1. Double Jeopardy Compliments of the James Madison Center, JMU

  2. Where did Charles Darwin spend time doing his research?

  3. The Galaogos Islands off the Pacific coast of South America

  4. His observations helped him form what theory about how species change over time?

  5. Theory of Natural Selection or Theory of Evolution

  6. What was the name of Charles Darwin’s book?

  7. The Origin of Species

  8. What was the ship that took Charles Darwin on his voyage around the southern tip of South America?

  9. HMS Beagle

  10. What college did Darwin attend?

  11. Cambridge University

  12. What are Random changes of DNA sequence that can lead to greater or less fitness?

  13. Mutations

  14. ________ allow an organism to survive better in their environment.

  15. Adaptations allow an organism to survive better in their environment.

  16. Animals who have greater _________ survive in their environment and live to reproduce.

  17. Animals who have greater fitness survive in their environment and live to reproduce.

  18. Populations will produce more __________ than the environment can support. (hint: a robin might lay more eggs than it can care for)

  19. Populations produce more offspring than the environment can support.

  20. A group of interbreeding individuals that live in the same place at the same time is a _______.

  21. A group of interbreeding individuals that live in the same place at the same time is a population.

  22. When a chameleon changes its color to match its surroundings it is using a form of ________.

  23. When a chameleon changes its color to match its surroundings it is using a form of Camouflage.

  24. What is the term for when an organism looks or sounds like another living organism? (Ex. Monarch and Viceroy Butterfly)

  25. Mimicry

  26. What is the theory that drives evolution and states that species change to adapt to their environment over time?

  27. Theory of Natural Selection

  28. What is something about a species that allows it to live in a particular place in a particular way?

  29. Adaptation

  30. What is the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms?

  31. Evolution

  32. Body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species are _______ adaptations.

  33. Body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species are physical adaptations.

  34. What type of defense uses venom, ink, or spray to defend against predators?

  35. Chemical Defenses

  36. This type of adaptation allows for animals to respond to life needs. They are animals’ actions.

  37. Behavioral Adaptation

  38. Behaviors that have happened naturally and do not have to be learned are __________ behaviors.

  39. Behaviors that have happened naturally and do not have to be learned are instinctive behaviors.

  40. A structure that has been passed from generation to generation but is no longer used for a function.

  41. Vestigial Structures

  42. What are these islands?

  43. The Galapagos Islands

  44. What type of bird did Darwin Study?

  45. Finches

  46. This stick bug is an example of a physical adaptation called ____________.

  47. Camouflage

  48. How long was Darwin’s journey on the Beagle?

  49. About 5 years

  50. This can be used to study the evidence of evolution.

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