The theory of natural selection says that evolution will not occur in a population unless allelic frequencies are acted on by forces that cause change.
What is False(Hardy-Weinberg principle)
100
The _______________principle is when allelic frequencies remain unchanged, a population is in genetic equilibrium.
What is Hardy-Weinberg Principle.
100
If a species is suddenly introduced into a new habitat, what might occur?
A. Habitat Speciation
B. Co evolution
C. Adaptive Radiation
What is C. Adaptive Radiation.
100
The founder Effect?
What is Can occur when a small sample of a population settles in a location separated from the rest of the population.
100
What is Mr. D's favorite type of music?
What is Country
200
Any change in the allelic frequencies in a population that is due to chance is called founder effect.
What is False(Bottleneck)
200
In __________________, a species evolves into a new species without any barriers that separate the populations.
What is sympatric speciation.
200
When individuals with an average form of a trait have the highest fitness, the result is
A. Disruptive Selection
B. Directional Selection
C. Stabilizing Selection
What is C. Stabilizing Selection
200
Gradualism
What is when evolution proceeds in small gradual steps
200
What is Mr. D's favorite sport?
What is Basketball
300
Punctuated equilibrium and gradualism are tow models that describe the cause of speciation.
What is False(Rate)
300
In ___________________, allele frequencies change because of chance.
What is Genetic Drift.
300
Double Jeopardy!!!
The type of genetic drift that follows the colonization of a new habitat by a small group of individuals is called
A. The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
B. The founder Effect
C. Stabilizing Selection
What is B. The Founder Effect.
300
Disruptive Selection
What is a process that splits a population into two groups. It tends to remove individuals with average traits but retain individuals expressing extreme traits at both ends of the continuum.
300
What town does Mr. D live in?
What is Burlington
400
Genetic drift is any change in the allelic frequencies in a population that is due to chance.
What is True
400
Genetic drift occurs in populations that are_____________?
What is Small.
400
The separation of populations by barriers such a rivers, mountains, or bodies of water is called
A. Temporal Isolation
B. Geographic Isolation
C. Genetic Equilibrium
What is B. Geographic Isolation.
400
Sexual Selection
What is a type of selection, in which change in frequency of a trait is based on the ability to attract a mate. Often occurs in a population where males and females differ significantly in appearance.
400
What two colleges did Mr. D go to?
What is Nichols College and CCSU
500
In a population of snakes with a range of body lengths, if the longest individuals have the highest fitness, disruptive selection is likely to occur.
What is False(Directional Selection)
500
________________, is when a population diverges and becomes reproductively isolated.
What is Speciation.
500
A factory that is necessary for the formation of a new species is
A. Geographic Barriers
B. Different Mating Behaviors
C. Reproductive Isolation
What is C. Reproductive Isolation.
500
Double Jeopardy!!!
allopatric speciation
What is a physical barrier divides one population into two or more populations.