Evolution 1
Evolution 2
Evolution 3
Evolution 4
Do you know your teacher?
100
The process in which a species has changed over time is known as this.
What is evolution?
100
He is known as the Father of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is survival of the fittest?
100
A mistake or change that occurs in the DNA sequence is called a ______________________.
What is a mutation?
100
What is Mr Harland's first name?
Lachlan
200
Preserved remains of ancient organisms
What are fossils?
200
Scientist who came after Darwin and cleared up how traits were passed down to offspring.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
200
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
What is an adaptation?
200
distantly related organisms evolve to become more similar
What is Convergent Evolution?
200
How many kids does Mr Harland have?
2
300
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
What is Natural Selection?
300
Darwin was from the 1800's. What part of modern science did he lack knowledge of in order to better explain how traits were passed down from parent to offspring?
What is genetics?
300
The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its environment is known as this.
What is fitness?
300
What is the largest animal to ever have existed
Blue Whale
300
How many years has Mr Harland been a teacher at Mater dei (including this year)
4
400
What characteristics did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
What are their beaks? They adapted to different food sources.
400
What is the function of Antibiotics?
What is to kill or slow the growth of bacteria?
400
Structures that have no apparent function and appear to be residual parts from a past ancestor
What are Vestigial Structures?
400
Animals and plants can change as a ______________ but not as an individual.
species
400
What was Mr Harland going to be before he switched to teaching Science?
Chef
500
Conditions that limit an organisms ability to survive and controls the number in a population?
Selective pressure
500
This term refers to the range of different traits and alleles within a population of a species.
What is variation?
500
Pesticides can be used to control a variety of pests, such as insects, weeds, rodents, bacteria, fungi, etc. Over time many pesticides have gradually lost their effectiveness because pests have developed this.
What is pesticide resistance?
500
This type of vestigial structure is found in our digestive system. This organ used to be used to digest cellulose for our ancient ancestors.
What is the appendix?
500
Which University did Mr Harland attend?
University of Wollongong
600
Similar structures that evolved from a common ancestor such as bones humans, cats, bats, and whales have in common.
What are Homologous Structures?
600
A record of living things on Earth changing over a long period of time
What is fossil record?
600
The field of study would an evolutionary scientist look at and compare these structures.
What is comparative embryology?
600
Some weed species have developed the ability to resist pesticides. How does the theory of evolution by natural selection help to explain his ability?
Due to variance within a population of weeds some will be more resistant, they will be more liklely to reproduce and will pass on their resistance to the next generation of weeds.
600
Where would you find a picture of Mr Harland's famous relative?
on the recently replaced version of the $20 note