Natural Selection
Microevolution vs Macroevolution
Evidence of Evolution
Speciation
Classification
Cladograms
Random
100
What is the ability of an organism to survive & reproduce known as?
Fitness
100
Which form can we see during a lifetime?
Microevolution
100
Which form of evidence for evolution is considered incomplete?
Paleontology
100
Describe a species
An organism that can survive and successfully reproduce
100
What classification taxon would the most broad?
Domain
100
What does a branch represent?
Speciation event
100
What email service is owned by Microsoft?
Hotmail
200
If you have a population of beetles living in a wooded environment with two different alleles for color: brown and green. Which allele would be the adaptation?
brown color
200
Mr. Ruddy drives 100 mph across a population of beetles and wipes out the rare colored allele. What form of microevolution is this?
Genetic Drift
200
Which form of anatomy proves convergent evolution?
analogous structures
200
What is the first step in speciation?
Isolation
200
What is the study of classification?
Taxonomy
200
How many derived traits separate the Salamander and Leopard?
2
200
What is Chandler's last name in Friends?
Bing
300
Which scientist believed that organisms acquired traits during their lifetime and passed it on to their offspring?
Lamarck
300
When two organisms evolve together, what form of macroevolution is happening?
Coevolution
300
Which form of evidence is the most reliable/accurate?
Biochemistry/DNA
300
What type of isolation occurs when two groups of organisms are physically separated?
Geographic isolation
300
What is the order of classification according to taxonomy?
D - K - P - C - O - F - G - S
300
What evolved in Gymnosperms?
Seeds
300
How many phases of the moon are there?
8
400
There are 2 types of worms: worms that eat at night (nocturnal) and worms that eat during the day (diurnal). The birds eat during the day and seem to be eating ONLY the diurnal worms. The nocturnal worms are in their burrows during this time. Each spring when the worms reproduce, they have about 500 babies but only 100 of these 500 ever become old enough to reproduce.
What is the variation in this population?
Which variant would be selected for?
Nocturnal vs Diurnal Worms
Nocturnal worms
400
Describe divergent evolution
two species diverging from a common ancestor
400
Which two species are most similar?
Hog & Calf
400
What are the four types of prezygotic reproductive isolation barriers?
habitat, temporal, behavioral, mechanical
400
Describe how you would name an organism
Genus species
400
4
400
What is your body's largest organ?
The skin
500
Name the four pre-requisites for natural selection
1. Overproduction of offspring
2. Variations
3. Adaptations
4. Descent with Modification
500
What are the two mechanisms of macroevolution?
gradualism and punctuated equilibrium
500
Which two species are most closely related?
1 + 2 or 2 + 3 or 1 + 4
1 + 4
500
Describe a postzygotic barrier
A mule - cannot reproduce (sterile)
500
Describe one difference between the four kingdoms of eukaryota
Answers will vary
500
Which point represents the common ancestor of B and E? How many MYA did this common ancestor evolve?
4 - about 8 MYA
500
Which mammal doesn't have vocal cords?
Giraffe