Evolution
Ecology
Virology
Final Jeopardy
100

Islands inhabited by finches that exhibited adaptive radiation.

What are the Galapagos Islands?

100

The sequencing of trophic levels in order of energy transference in an ecosystem.

What are food chains/webs?

100

The transmission of a bacteria, influenza, disease, or virus from an animal to a human.

What is zoonotic transmission or zoonosis?

250

Prompted Darwin to release The Origin of Species after releasing his own theories on evolution.

Who is Alfred Russel Wallace?

250

The name of the harmful algae that can be found in many lakes across the US, including Oklahoma.

What is Blue-green algae? Possibly: What is Cyanobacteria?

250

Viruses lack these characteristics, making them unable to be considered independent living organisms.

What is no cellular structures and no metabolism?

500

Roughly 541 million years ago marks this time period in evolution where the majority of all animal phyla started to appear in the fossil record? It is commonly referred to as the ______ explosion.

What is the Cambrian period / Cambrian explosion?

500

Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water molecules in the atmosphere to produce this harmful liquid.

What is acid rain?

500

Age group that was notably more at risk during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

What is the 20-30 age group?

500

The city that the coronavirus originated from.

Where is Wuhan?

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