Darwin & Darwinism
Darwin appeared on this item of money for 18 years.
What is the 10 pound note?
The phrase which describes the process by which organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive.
What is survival of the fittest?
This animal has adapted to have a long neck so it can access food more easily in its environment
What is a giraffe?
These two factors cause variation
What are environmental and genetic factors?
Who is Sir Francis Galton?
The evolutionary ancestors of these animals are dinosaurs.
What are birds/reptiles?
The beak of this animal in Ecuador prompted Darwin's theory of natural selection.
What are finches?
Genetic variation in bacteria has recently led to ____ resistance.
What is antibiotic resistance?
The name of the trial in which the teaching of evolution was debated in Tennessee
What is the Monkey Trial?
What are crocodiles?
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
People with this hair colour are genetically more likely to have a higher tolerance for stinging pain
What is red?
The group of people in the US (especially in the South) who rejected Darwinism
What are fundamentalists?
We share 50% of our genes with which fruit?
What is a banana?
The animal which has adapted to have three hearts and blue blood to survive in low oxygen environments
What is an octopus?
A mutation in Amazon rainforest frogs which makes them glow in the dark
What is bioluminescence?
Charles Darwin shares a birthday with this American President
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The name of the process where a group of genes are 'turned off' to save energy for organisms which aren't needed (e.g. in blind fish, they don't grow eyes)
What is epigenetic silencing?
The name of the book by Darwin which proposed natural selection
What is The Origin of Species?
The colour that didn't exist in many ancient languages as some people couldn't distinguish between it and green
What is blue?