Evolution
DNA
Pop Culture
Genetics
Misc.
100
Who is credited with the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
100
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
100
What is Lightning McQueen's catchphrase?
I am speed OR Ka-chow
100
You have 2 copies of each gene. How many copies did you inherit from your parents?
1 copy of each gene from each parent.
100
Define biodiversity.
Variety of life within an ecosystem
200
We talked about 4 different kinds of evidence for evolution. Name 2 of them.
Fossils, comparative anatomy, embryology, molecular biology
200
What is the shape of DNA?
Double helix (twisty ladder)
200
Name 2 NBA YoungBoy albums
Until Death Call My Name
Top
Sincerely, Kentrell
The Last Slimeto
200
What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
Genotype- genetics
Phenotype- physical display of genotype
200
Name 4 of the factors that cause a loss of biodversity.
Fire, storms, natural climate change, habitat loss, pollution, acid precipitation, invasive species, global climate change.
300
Name one of the labs or activities we did in class that involved natural selection, and describe what the activity demonstrated.
Cave Disaster Scenario
Darwin Finch Beak Lab
Peppered Moth Lab
300
What are the DNA base pairs?
A/T & C/G
300
Name all of the books in the Hunger Games series
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
300
Describe the following genotypes using scientific vocabulary.
1. Rr
2. rr
1. heterozygous dominant
2. homozygous recessive
300
What are the 3 reasons people fish?
Survival, recreation, profit
400
Define natural selection
Organisms that are better suited for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms that aren't
400
What is the base that is different between DNA and RNA?
DNA- thymine (T)
RNA- uracil (U)
400
Name 3 Taylor Swift albums
Taylor Swift, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Speak Now, Red (Taylor's Version), 1989, Reputation, Lover, folklore, evermore
400
What is a carrier?
Someone who does not have a certain trait, but can still pass it down to their offspring
400
Name 4 out of the 6 group behaviors that animals use. Describe 2 of them.
Flocking, schooling, herding, cooperative hunting, migrating, swarming
500
List 2 out of the 4 factors that cause evolution.
1. Potential for a species to increase in number
2. Genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction
3. Competition for limited resources
4. Increase in number of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment
500
What is the process of making RNA from DNA called?
Transcription
500
Name the group pictured AND name one of their songs
Destiny's Child
Bills, Bills, Bills; Bootylicious, Say my Name, Survivor, etc.
500
What is the probability that a 2 heterozygous parents will have a recessive child?
25%
Aa x Aa:
25% AA, 50% Aa, 25% aa
500
Describe the collapse of the North Atlantic Cod Fishery. (What was it? Why did it happen? How did it happen? What was the irony?)
Canadian cod was overfished; mismanagement; number of fish able to be sustainably caught < number of fish actually caught; scientists/government knew exactly what was happening but couldn't/didn't do anything to stop it.