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Evidence for Evolution
Mutations
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Wild Card
100

All of the evidence of living things left behind in Earth´s rock strata, which collectively provide observational evidence for evolution

What is the fossil record?

100

This harmless mutation to the pigment of the iris leads to eyes of two different colors

What is heterochromia?

100
An everyday phrase that describes natural selection, by emphasizing competition between invididuals
What is "the survival of the fittest"
100

These North American pack hunter is the evolutionary ancestor of modern-day dogs

What is the gray wolf OR wolf

100
This chain of islands off the coast of Ecuador is famous for its biodiversity, as well as its historical significance in the development of the theory of natural selection
What are the Galapagos Islands
200

These structures may appear in multiple organisms, implying a recent common ancestor.

What are homologies or homologous structures?

200

This molecule, the foundational unit of genetics, is altered during mutation

What is DNA?

200
This type of trait is one that helps an individual, or an entire population, to survive and reproduce more successfully
What is an adaptation
200

This North American cereal plant has been selectively bred for years to produce large, sweet kernels

What is maize OR corn

200

An anatomical feature that no longer seems to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species.

What is a vestigial structure?

300

All humans possess these structures until roughly four weeks of embryonic development

What are tails?

300

This trait, a result of a mutation from about 500,000 years ago, is the defining characteristic of the polar bear

What is white fur?

300
A measure of one's ability to survive and reproduce in a certain environment
What is fitness
300

This method of artificial selection is often used by dog breeders to produce desired traits in offspring over many generations

What is selective breeding

300
This word may describe a type of bacteria that is extremely resistant or even immune to antibiotics
What is a "superbug"
400

(DAILY DOUBLE)

This famous, but somewhat obvious, law states that fossils discovered in higher layers of rock strata must be more recent than those discovered in lower layers

What is the law of superposition?

400

This trait, common in royal bloodlines, is determined by a genetic mutation which makes it impossible to form blood clots

What is hemophilia?

400

This phenomena, observed by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands, is characterized by the appearance of many new species from a single evolutionary ancestor

What is adaptive radiation?

400

As seen in the movie GATTACA, this technology allows geneticists to "fix" DNA directly

What is genetic engineering OR gene editing OR gene therapy

400
Some of these desert-dwelling wild pigs have adapted to pull the spines off of cactuses
What are javelina
500

This method of dating rocks and fossils allows for highly accurate measurements of age

What is carbon or radiometric dating?

500

This sugar, found in dairy products, can only be digested by humans with a certain beneficial mutation

What is lactose?

500
This feature of populations, necessary for natural selection to occur, is a result of mutations and sexual reproduction
What is genetic variation
500

This single plant, a product of natural selection, is evolutionary ancestor of five different leafy vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, kale, and kohlrabi

What is wild mustard?

500
This famous naturalist developed the theory of natural selection by observing diversity in populations during a four-year journey at sea
Who is Charles Darwin