Idea of Evolution
Evidence for Evolution 1
Evidence for Evolution 2
Cladogram
Potpourri
100

This process describes the gradual development of new types of organisms from preexisting ones over time.

What is evolution?

100

This is the process that creates a fossil of a mosquito trapped in amber.

What is preservation?

100

These are found during a very specific time period all over the world and can be used to help us date rocks/rock layers. 

Index Fossils

100

This species is most closely related to the Chimp.

What is the Mouse?

100

This kingdom is the setting of the movie Frozen.

What is Arendelle?

200

The concept of evolution falls into this category of scientific knowledge.

What is a theory?

200

Defined as the study of development from fertilized egg to adult.

What is embryology?

200

Provide one example of something that scientists can learn from fossils?

Many different options:

family behavior, herding, predator prey relationships, climate, support of continental drift, etc. 

200

The Pigeon has these traits.

What are Jaws, Lungs, Claws/Nails, Feathers?

200

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means a fear of this.

What is long words?

300

This scientist, known for his studies of finches in the Galápagos Islands and groundbreaking work on natural selection, revolutionized our understanding of how species change over time.

Who is Charles Darwin

300

These all tend to look more similar in earlier stages but become more distinguished in later stages.

What are embryos?

300

What evidence supports the hypothesis that whales evolved from land-dwelling mammals?

What is comparative anatomy - homologous structures and the fossil record showing transition fossils 

300

This trait is from the most recent common ancestor of the Lizard and Mouse.

What is Claws/Nails?

300

Starbucks built their first store outside of North America in this country.

Where is Japan?

400

These are the three main processes that form fossils.

What are petrification, impression, and preservation?

400

Tetrapod limb bones fall under this category of structure.

What is homologous structure?

400

A butterfly's wing, a bat's wing, and a bee's wing share this name.

What is analogous structures?

400

This species is most distantly related to the Hagfish.

What is the CHIMP?

400

This coffee shop was the frequent meeting place for the characters of the TV show Friends.

Where is Central Perk?

500

These are the four evidences for evolution.

What are Fossils, Anatomy, DNA, and Embryos?

500

This phenomenon, demonstrated in peppered moths during the Industrial Revolution, shows how environmental changes can drive changes in population traits over generations.

What is natural selection?
500

This gene's name, taken from a famous character from the early 2000s, codes for the number of digits on a tetrapod's hand.

What is Sonic the Hedgehog gene?

500

This species shares the most traits with the Chimp. 

What is the mouse? 

500

This specific footrace distance was inspired by a messenger’s run to Athens and officially set at this distance during the 1908 London Olympics.

What is 26.2 miles?