Definitions
Common Ancestors
Evolution
Fossilisation
Science General Knowledge
100
The process of one species becoming two.
What is speciation?
100
They have a poor fossil record due to the habitat they live in.
What is a platypus?
100
Birds, specifically Finches.
What animal did Charles Darwin study?
100
When sediment immediately covers the remains and begins to glue together.
What is compaction and cementation?
100
The acronym is DNA.
What is deoxyribose nucleic acid?
200
The total sum of all the living organisms on earth.
What is biodiversity?
200
This species shares 98.8% of its DNA with humans.
What is a chimpanzee?
200
Finches.
What animal did Charles Darwin study?
200
a resin that stops organisms when stuck and creates a fossil when it hardens.
What is amber?
200
All organisms on earth are mostly made up of this element.
What is carbon?
300
When bacteria no longer responds to medical treatment.
What is antibiotic resistance?
300
They share 100% of their genes.
What are identical twins? (Must say identical)
300
two species evolving from a common ancestor.
What is divergent evolution?
300
Left behind by animals.
What are trace fossils?
300
The hardest natural substance on earth.
What is a diamond?
400
The process of species adapting to their environment.
What is natural selection?
400
this species shares 60% of its DNA with humans.
What is a strawberry?
400
the Belgian Blue Cow.
What is an example of selective breeding?
400
the process of organic matter being exposed to minerals, turning into a stony substance.
What is petrification?
400
The largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?
500
same function, different structure.
What are analogous structures?
500
We share 84% of our DNA with this species.
What is a dog?
500
a diagram depicting the lines of evolutionary descent.
What is a phylogenetic tree?
500
A type of fossilisation process.
What is a cast?
500
Chalk is made from this substance.
What is limestone?