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Darwin’s Case

FINAL ROUND

Life’s DiversityDarwin’s Thinking

Darwin’s CaseDarwin’s Case

Life’s Diversity:

$100 Question

Question: Which statement is in agreement with Darwin’s theory of evolution?

a. More offspring are produced than can possibly survive

b. The organisms that are the fittest are always largest and strongest.

c. The number of offspring is not related to fitness

d. Acquired characteristics that are inherited are the cause of evolution.

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Life’s Diversity:

$100 Answer

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Question: Which statement is in agreement with Darwin’s theory of evolution?

a. More offspring are produced than can possibly survive

b. The organisms that are the fittest are always largest and strongest.

c. The number of offspring is not related to fitness

d. Acquired characteristics that are inherited are the cause of evolution.

 

Life’s Diversity:

$200 Question

Question: According to ______‘s theory of inheritance of acquired traits, the long legs of certain shore birds could be acquired by frequent wading in water and then passed on to offspring.

a. Darwin

b. Lyell

c. Lamarck

d. Galapagos 

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Life’s Diversity:

$200 Answer

Question: According to ______‘s theory of inheritance of acquired traits, the long legs of certain shore birds could be acquired by frequent wading in water and then passed on to offspring.

a. Darwin

b. Lyell

c. Lamarck

d. Galapagos 

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Life’s Diversity:

$300 Question

Question: Although his idea was incorrect, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was one of the first people to propose a scientific explanation for ______.

a. Gravity

b. Evolution

c. Galapagos

d. Mountains

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Life’s Diversity:

$300 Answer

Question: Although his idea was incorrect, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was one of the first people to propose a scientific explanation for ______.

a. Gravity

b. Evolution

c. Galapagos

d. MountainsBACK TO GAME

Life’s Diversity:

$400 Question

Question: Charles Darwin concluded that, in similar environments around the world, ______ could produce similar structures in unrelated species.

a. Natural Selection

b. Vestigial Structures

c. Fossils

d. Mountains

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Life’s Diversity:

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Question: 45. Charles Darwin concluded that, in similar environments around the world, ______ could produce similar structures in unrelated species.

a. Natural Selection

b. Vestigial Structures

c. Fossils

d. Mountains

Life’s Diversity:

$500 Question

Question: James Hutton and Charles Lyell held similar views about Earth’s age. Both thought that Earth was ______ of years old

a. Many Thousands

b. Many Hundreds

c. Many Billions

d. Many millions

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Question: James Hutton and Charles Lyell held similar views about Earth’s age. Both thought that Earth was ______ of years old

a. Many Thousands

b. Many Hundreds

c. Many Billions

d. Many millions

 

Manipulating DNA:

$100 Question

Question: According to ______‘s theory of inheritance of acquired traits, the long legs of certain shore birds could be acquired by frequent wading in water and then passed on to offspring.

a. Darwin

b. Lyell

c. Lamarck

d. Galapagos

 

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ANSWER

Darwin’s Thinking:

$100 Answer

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Question: According to ______‘s theory of inheritance of acquired traits, the long legs of certain shore birds could be acquired by frequent wading in water and then passed on to offspring.

a. Darwin

b. Lyell

c. Lamarck

d. Galapagos

 

Darwin’s Thinking:

$200 Question

Question: Certain animal structures that have different functions in different species and develop from the same embryonic tissues are called ______ structures.

a. Survival of the fittest

b. Adaptations

c. Homologous

d. Artificial  

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Question: Certain animal structures that have different functions in different species and develop from the same embryonic tissues are called ______ structures.

a. Survival of the fittest

b. Adaptations

c. Homologous

d. Artificial  

Darwin’s Thinking:

$300 Question

Question: According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, all species on earth are united by ______.

a. Water

b. Islands

c. Common descent

d. EssaysBACK TO GAME

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Darwin’s Thinking:

$300 Answer

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Question: According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, all species on earth are united by ______.

a. Water

b. Islands

c. Common descent

d. Essays

Darwin’s Thinking:

$400 Question

Question: Charles Darwin observed that instead of being perfect and unchanging, individuals in a species show ______.

a. Similarities

b. Oceans

c. No Change

d. Variations

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Darwin’s Thinking:

$400 Answer

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Question: Charles Darwin observed that instead of being perfect and unchanging, individuals in a species show ______.

a. Similarities

b. Oceans

c. No Change

d. Variations

Darwin’s Thinking:

$500 Question

Question: Charles Darwin realized that the measure of success of an organism was not only a long period of survival but also ______.

a. Natural selection

b. Fossils

c. Reproduction

d. Natural variations 

 

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Darwin’s Thinking:

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Question: Charles Darwin realized that the measure of success of an organism was not only a long period of survival but also ______.

a. Natural selection

b. Fossils

c. Reproduction

d. Natural variations 

 

Darwin’s Case:

$100 Question

Question: James Hutton thought that rocks from the sea floor could be pushed very high to form ______.

a. Valleys

b. Mountains

c. Rivers

d. ContinentsBACK TO GAME

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Question: James Hutton thought that rocks from the sea floor could be pushed very high to form ______.

a. Valleys

b. Mountains

c. Rivers

d. Continents

Darwin’s Case:

$200 Question

Question: What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell?

a. Earth is relatively young

b. Earth is very old

c. All geological change is caused by living organisms

d. The processes that formed old rocks on earth do not operate today

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Darwin’s Case:

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Question: What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell?

a. Earth is relatively young

b. Earth is very old

c. All geological change is caused by living organisms

d. The processes that formed old rocks on earth do not operate today

Darwin’s Case:

$300 Question

Question: According to Lamarck, evolution resulted from the inheritance of ______ traits

a. Acquired

b. Thousands

c. Unchanged

d. Focused

 

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Darwin’s Case:

$300 Answer

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Question: According to Lamarck, evolution resulted from the inheritance of ______ traits

a. Acquired

b. Thousands

c. Unchanged

d. Focused

 

Darwin’s Case:

$400 Question

Question: According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, ______ change over time.

a. Species

b. Fitness

c. Water

d. Books

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$400 Answer

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Question: According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, ______ change over time.

a. Species

b. Fitness

c. Water

d. Books

Darwin’s Case:

$500 Question

Question: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that organisms

a. Have an innate tendency toward complexity and perfection.

b. Have an innate tendency to become simpler as time passes

c. Inherit all of the adaptations they display.

d. Belong to species that never change.

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Darwin’s Case:

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Question: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that organisms

a. Have an innate tendency toward complexity and perfection.

b. Have an innate tendency to become simpler as time passes

c. Inherit all of the adaptations they display.

d. Belong to species that never change.

Darwin’s Case:

$100 Question

Question: Lamarck’s theory of evolution includes the concept that new organs in a species appear as a result of

a. continual increases in population size.

b. the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use body structures.

c. an unchanging local environment.

d. the natural variations already present within the population of organisms.

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Darwin’s Case:

$100 Answer

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Question: Lamarck’s theory of evolution includes the concept that new organs in a species appear as a result of

a. continual increases in population size.

b. the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use body structures.

c. an unchanging local environment.

d. the natural variations already present within the population of organisms.

Darwin’s Case:

$200 Question

Question: Darwin was prompted to publish his theory of evolution by

a. an essay by Wallace on evolution

b. the publication of Lamarck’s theory of evolution

c. the vice governor of Galapagos Islands.

d. the work of Hutton and Lyell.BACK TO GAME

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Darwin’s Case:

$200 Answer

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Question: Darwin was prompted to publish his theory of evolution by

a. an essay by Wallace on evolution

b. the publication of Lamarck’s theory of evolution

c. the vice governor of Galapagos Islands.

d. the work of Hutton and Lyell.

Darwin’s Case:

$300 Question

Question: In an experiment, suppose that the wings of fruit flies were clipped short for fifty generations. The fifty-first generation emerged with normal-length wings. This observation would tend to disprove the idea that evolution is based on

a. inheritance of natural variations.

b. inheritance of acquired characteristics.

c. natural selection.

d. survival of the fittest.BACK TO GAME

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Darwin’s Case:

$300 Answer

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Question: In an experiment, suppose that the wings of fruit flies were clipped short for fifty generations. The fifty-first generation emerged with normal-length wings. This observation would tend to disprove the idea that evolution is based on

a. inheritance of natural variations.

b. inheritance of acquired characteristics.

c. natural selection.

d. survival of the fittest.

Darwin’s Case:

$400 Question

Question: The geologist ______ proposed that the past changes in Earth must be explained in terms of events and processes observed today.

a. Darwin

b. Lamarck

c. Lyell

d. Galapagos

 

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ANSWER

Darwin’s Case:

$400 Answer

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Question: The geologist ______ proposed that the past changes in Earth must be explained in terms of events and processes observed today.

a. Darwin

b. Lamarck

c. Lyell

d. Galapagos

 

Darwin’s Case:

$500 Question

Question: Charles Darwin applied Thomas Malthus’s thoughts about human population growth to all ______.

a. Planets

b. Islands

c. Oceans

d. Organisms

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$500 Answer

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Question: Charles Darwin applied Thomas Malthus’s thoughts about human population growth to all ______.

a. Planets

b. Islands

c. Oceans

d. Organisms

Darwin’s Case:

$100 Question

Question: Which is a major concept included in Lamarck’s theory of evolution?

a. Change is the result of survival of the fittest.

b. body structure can change according to the actions of the organism.

c. population size decreases the rate of evolution.

d. Artificial selection if the basis for evolution.

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ANSWER

Darwin’s Case:

$100 Answer

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Question: Which is a major concept included in Lamarck’s theory of evolution?

a. Change is the result of survival of the fittest.

b. body structure can change according to the actions of the organism.

c. population size decreases the rate of evolution.

d. Artificial selection if the basis for evolution.

Darwin’s Case:

$200 Question

Question: Darwin proposed that natural selection took place as individuals best suited to ______ survived and reproduced.

a. Species

b. Environment

c. Organisms

d. The Economy

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$200 Answer

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Question: Darwin proposed that natural selection took place as individuals best suited to ______ survived and reproduced.

a. Species

b. Environment

c. Organisms

d. The Economy

 

Darwin’s Case:

$300 Question

Question: Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that

a. Species change over time.

b. Extinct species are not related to living species.

c. Different species can interbreed.

d. Animals that look alike are the most closely related

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ANSWER

Darwin’s Case:

$300 Answer

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Question: Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that

a. Species change over time.

b. Extinct species are not related to living species.

c. Different species can interbreed.

d. Animals that look alike are the most closely related

Darwin’s Case:

$400 Question

Question: When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is

a. Natural selection

b. Artificial selection

c. Artificial variation

d. Survival of the fittest

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$400 Answer

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Question: When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is

a. Natural selection

b. Artificial selection

c. Artificial variation

d. Survival of the fittest

Darwin’s Case:

$500 Question

Question: When a population’s birthrate exceeds its death rate, the size of the population ______.

 

a. Decreases

b. Stays the same

c. Not Sure

d. Increases

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Darwin’s Case:

$500 Answer

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Question: When a population’s birthrate exceeds its death rate, the size of the population ______.

 

a. Decreases

b. Stays the same

c. Not Sure

d. Increases

FINAL ROUND Question

Question: According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the

a. possession of adaptations developed through use.

b. possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness

c. lack of competition within the species.

d. choices made by plant and animal breeders

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ANSWER

FINAL ROUND Answer

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Question: According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the

a. possession of adaptations developed through use.

b. possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness

c. lack of competition within the species.

d. choices made by plant and animal breeders