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C 1 final FINAL JEOPARDY How do similarities in the forelimb bones of humans, cats, dolphins, and bats support theory of evolution?

C 1 final Their forelimbs are similar which shows they evolved from a common ancestor.

C 1 $100 A change in species over time

C 1 $100 Natural selection

C 1 $200 Is evolution a theory or a law?

C 1 $200 Theory

C 1 $300 Fossils in the upper layers are (younger, older) than fossils in the lower layers

C 1 $300 younger

C 1 $400 Because all organisms descended from a common ancestor, they have ____ as their genetic material

C 1 $400 DNA

C 1 $500 A newly formed canyon, mountain range, or lake are a few of the ways the first step of ___ can occur

C 1 $500 speciation

C 2 $100 Homologous structures in animals are evidence of evolution: true or false.

C 2 $100 True

C 2 $200 Survival of the fittest is speciation, extinction, competition or natural selection?

C 2 $200 Natural selection

C 2 $300 A(n) _____ helps an organism survive better in its environment

C 2 $300 adaptation

C 2 $400 Period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation

C 2 $400 Generation time

C 2 $500 A change in a gene at the DNA level

C 2 $500 mutation

C 3 $100 The red-eye tree frog and smoky jungle frog have their own ____ which help them survive in the rain forest.

C 3 $100 adaptations

C 3 $200 Name 3 factors that influenced the increase of dark peppered moths after 1850.

C 3 $200 Moth-eating birds, tree trunk color, industrialization

C 3 $300 The 4 steps of natural selection are:

C 3 $300 Overproduction, genetic variation, struggle to survive, and successful reproduction

C 3 $400 The variations Darwin observed among the population of finches were caused by:

C 3 $400 mutations

C 3 $500 What type of rock are fossils found in?

C 3 $500 sedimentary

C 4 $100 Animals that are ____ are watched over very carefully so they don’t become extinct

C 4 $100 endangered

C 4 $200 The peppered moth situation is an example of _____

C 4 $200 Natural selection

C 4 $300 In selective breeding, humans influence evolution. What determines the course of evolution in natural selection?

C 4 $300 Nature due to adaptations

C 4 $400 Describe overproduction in nature

C 4 $400 More animals are produced than will survive

C 4 $500 The peppered moth is an example of what?

C 4 $500 Natural selection

C 5 $100 About 245 million years ago, the continents were a giant land mass called:

C 5 $100 Pangea

C 5 $200 Give one reason why plants and animals may have become extinct

C 5 $200 They could not adapt to environmental changes

C 5 $300 Fossils are evidence of evolutionary changestrue or false

C 5 $300 true

C 5 $400 Similarities in DNA are evidence of the evolution of animals and humans- true or false

C 5 $400 true

C 5 $500 Intelligence is evidence of evolutionary changes: true or false

C 5 $500 False

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