Campus Critters
Willamette Bio Department
Anatomy
Genetics
Oregon Birds
100
The common name of this bird species
What are Mallard Ducks?
100
The advisor for this club, known for their passion for birding and bright green glasses
Who is Professor David Craig?
100
The joint in your arm is where the humerus, radius, and ulna bones all meet
What is the elbow?
100
The full term abbreviated by "RNA"
What is Ribonucleic Acid
100
The common name of this species
What is an American Crow?
200
The invasive South American Rodent found occasionally around campus.
What is Nutria
200
The three biology department staff members that attended Bio Club's first meeting.
Who are Ramona, Professor Craig, and Professor Duncan?
200
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of which organ, making it the largest in the human body?
What is the skin?
200
The external, observable traits an individual expresses.
What is a phenotype?
200
The name of this common bird species
What is a house finch?
300
The invasive tree squirrel species found commonly around campus.
What is the Eastern Gray Squirrel?
300
The FULL name of the Bio Club Mascot
Who is Gnarles Gnorman Gnarwin
300
This structure in your brain:
What is the temporal lobe?
300
These are the four nitrogenous bases of DNA.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine?
300
The common name of this species
What is the California Scrub Jay?
400
The tall gray wading bird that can be found hanging out in the Mill Stream.
What is a Great Blue Heron?
400
The professor who did their PhD research at Stanford on stickleback genetics
Who is Professor Marks?
400
The name of this bone:
What is the Scapula?
400
These are the 5 assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
What are random mating, large population size, no mutation, no gene flow and no natural selection the assumptions of?
400
The name for this bird, which is native to the Willamette Valley and can be found around Salem (and is reportedly Sara's favorite bird!!)
What is a cedar waxwing?
500
The large, round, orange spider that is found spinning big circular webs around campus, especially near the mill stream.
What is the Cross Orbweaver Spider? (Or the European Garden Spider)
500
The professor who is known for their research with joshua trees
Who is Professor Smith?
500
The anatomical term for largest sesamoid bone in the human body, which is found in the lower extremities and protects an important joint.
What is the patella?
500
This occurs when one gene locus masks or modifies the phenotype of a second gene locus.
What is epistasis
500
The common name of this bird
What is the White Breasted Nuthatch?