Evolution 1st Half Game

Discuss each question with your partners and record your answers on a separate sheet of paper. The group with the most correct answers WINS!

Put your names on your papers.

1 of 21) As explained in the theory of evolution by natural selection,

organisms with adaptations are more likely to survive and _____.

2 of 21) A giraffe stretching to

make its neck longer was an

example used to support which

theory?

3 of 21) Who used the giraffe

as an example to explain the theory

mentioned in question #2?

4 of 21) Two part question:A) Which event helped kill the lichen covered trees during the Peppered Moth experiment?B) Which pollutant was responsible for killing the lichen?

5 of 21) Is this a picture at the beginning or end of the Peppered Moth

experiment?

6 of 21) Place the fossils in order of oldest to youngest.

7 of 21) Which early whale missing link used to have hind legs, linking it to a land ancestor?

8 of 21) Place the fossils in order from least to most complex.

9 of 21) Which law of geology states that newer rock layers form

on top of older rock layers?

10 of 21) Mice are adapting to which chemicals?

11 of 21) Which two vestigial structures indicates humans once had a more

plant-rich diet?

12 of 21) When a variation provides a survival advantage it is call an ______.

13 of 21) What was the name of the book where

Charles Darwin 1st published his

theory of natural selection?

14 of 21) Which two groups of animals are thought to be linked together by the

archaeopteryx fossil?

15 of 21) Two part question:a) Alexander Fleming discovered the very first antibiotic in 1929. What did he name it?b) What type of infection are antibiotics designed to kill?

16 of 21) Name the organisms that grew on the bark of the trees during the

Peppered Moth experiment.

17 of 21) Which vestigial organ may have been used to nourish a growing

embryo?

18 of 21)If you had the bacteria infection growing in the picture below, name all the

antibiotics you could use to treat the infection.

19 of 21) As a result of the development of the umbilical cord,

which two human structures are now vestigial?

20 of 21) When do these different species look most similar?

21 of 21) Grab bag: What is the most populated city in the world (include the country also)?

1 of 21) As explained in the theory of evolution by natural selection,

organisms with adaptations are more likely to survive and _____.

2 of 21) A giraffe stretching to make its neck longer was an example used to

support which theory?

3 of 21) Who used the giraffe as an

example to explain the theory

mentioned in question #2?

4 of 21) Two part question:A) Which event helped kill the lichen covered trees during the Peppered Moth experiment?

B) Which pollutant was responsible for killing the lichen?

5 of 21) Is this a picture at the beginning or end of the Peppered

Moth experiment?

6 of 21) Place the fossils in order of oldest to youngest.

The deeper the fossils are buried, the older they are.

7 of 21) Which early whale missing link used to have hind legs, linking it to a land ancestor?

8 of 21) Place the fossils in order from least to most complex.

The oldest fossils are also the most simple in structure.

9 of 21) Which law of geology states that newer rock layers form

on top of older rock layers?

10 of 21) Mice are adapting to which chemicals?

11 of 21) Which two vestigial structures indicates humans once

had a more plant-rich diet?

12 of 21) When a variation provides a survival advantage it is call an ______.

13 of 21) What was the name of the

book where Charles Darwin 1st published his theory of natural

selection?

14 of 21) Which two groups of animals are thought to be linked together by the

archaeopteryx fossil?

15 of 21) Two part question:a) Alexander Fleming discovered the very first antibiotic in 1929. What did he name it?

b) What type of infection are antibiotics designed to kill?

16 of 21) Name the organisms that grew on the bark of the trees during the

Peppered Moth experiment.

17 of 21) Which vestigial organ may have been used to nourish a

growing embryo?

18 of 21)If you had the bacteria infection growing in the picture below, name all the antibiotics you could use.

Both these antibiotics are killing the bacteria. There is a clear area, free of bacteria surrounding each.

19 of 21) As a result of the development of the umbilical cord, which two human structures are

now vestigial?

20 of 21) When do these different species look most similar?

21 of 21) Grab bag: What is the most populated city in the world?