Mechanisms of Evolution
Evidence of Evolution
Cladograms
Taxonomy
Previous Units
100
The Survival of the Fittest is also known as this:
Natural Selection
100
These provide physical evidence of prehistoric life
What are fossils?
100
According to this cladogram, which are animals are most closely related to frogs and toads?
Th
What are Salamanders?
100
Animalia is an example of this level of Taxonomy
What are Kingdoms?
100
These are the monomers for Proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
A volcano takes out 40% of a population of deer.
Genetic Drift
200
The floating hip bones in a baleen whale are an example of this type of evidence
What are vestigial structures
200
Which animal is the least related to us?
What is the gorilla?
200
There are this many levels of Taxonomic classification
8 (Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)
200
These are the four nitrogenous bases of RNA
What are Uracil, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine
300
This occurs when there is a change in the genetic code of an individual
Mutation
300
Sharks, Dolphins, and Mossasaurs all have swimming fins and torpedo shaped bodies but are not closely related.
What are analogous structures
300
Cladograms are used for this purpose:
To display the organization and relations among different organisms.
300
Binomial nomenclature means that every organism has ____ amount of names.
What is 2.
300
This is the organelle that stores DNA in a cell
What is the Nucleus?
400
This occurs when lions compete for the chance to mate with the lionness
Non-Random Mating
400
Fish, Cats, Humans, Bats, and Whales all use the same bones for different purposes.
Homologus structures.
400
Double Jeopardy! What do the nodes indicate on a cladogram?
What are Common Ancesters
400
Canis lupus is the scientific name for a wolf. Which name is the genus
What is "Canis"
400
A black dog, homozygotic for dark colors (BB) mates with a white dog homozygotic for white color (bb). What will the puppies look like?
What is black?
500
This is when a group of individuals from a population settle a new place with limited genetic diversity.
The founder effect
500
These are organisms that have had their populations separated by a geographical barrier and when the populations meet on the other side of the barrier, are no longer able to reproduce
What are ring species
500
Double Jeopardy! Mr. Kashon will have this question ready on the board.
500
Humans belong to this family of animals:
Hominidae
500
These are steps, in order, of Mitosis.
What are Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase