Ecosystems and Species
This is a type of interdependence when a bird and a monkey fight for room on the branches of trees
Interspecies Competition
This is the name of the first cell in an organism with the full set of chromosomes
zygote
The following is a drawing of DNA structure (on the board). What goes in the blanks?
Chromosome; Gene
Explain the difference between natural selection and artificial selection (how fast, who does the selecting)
natural selection is over multiple generations and the environment decides. Artificial selection is quick and humans decide
Every team member has to say one compliment to another team member
Be kind
Over multiple generations of exposure, bacteria can develop resistance to medicine by creating thicker cell walls. This is an example of what type of adaptation?
Physical adaptation
Spores are an example of what type of asexual reproduction?
Vegetative reproduction
What is the name of the pattern of inheritance where the phenotype is an in-between of the two possible traits.
Incomplete dominance
Artificial insemination is an example of this type of biotechnology
Artificial reproductive technology
One person says the full names of every team member in 15 seconds
Success
Fill in the following blanks: One dog is brown while another dog is grey is an example of diversity _________ species. A bird can fly while a dog cannot is an example of diversity __________ species.
within; between
A person’s blood type is considered a (heritable/non-heritable) trait, and a (discrete/continuous) variation
heritable; discrete
What is the name of the type of cell produced at the end of mitosis? At the end of meiosis?
somatic cell; gamete
Provide one reason that non-native species can become so invasive to an area
lack of a natural predator to keep its population down
List 3 heritable traits shared by all team members in 20 seconds
Success
A bear is able to live in multiple habitats, and can eat many different kinds of foods. The bear can be considered to have a __________ niche and is a ___________ species.
broad; generalist
Increase in species variation but requires lots of energy describes what this type of reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
An intestinal cell is considered a (somatic cell/gamete) and will undergo this type of cell division
somatic; mitosis
This phenomenon happens when an animal’s niche becomes too narrow, and the animal cannot survive outside of the narrow niche.
Over-specialization
Without communicating, on the count of 3, every team member shows me the action for mitosis
Split!
Canis rufus and Canis familiaris are related because they belong to which shared taxonomic category?
Genus
Differentiate between cross pollination and cross fertilization in plants
Cross pollination is anther to stigma; Cross fertilization is when the pollen reaches the ovules
See board: a green bean (dominant) and blue bean (recessive) are bred. However, all their offspring end up being green.
Name the genotypes (pure/hybrid) of each parent and justify.
purebred dominant, purebred recessive (eg. AA x aa, all kids were Aa)
The peregrine falcon was able to restore its population numbers because of this type of ex-situ conservation strategy
Captive Breeding Program
Without communicating, on the count of 3, every team member shows me the action for meiosis
Split and Split again!