Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees
Types of Evolution
Biodiversity
Phylogeny
Wildcard/Fun Facts
100
The common ancestor of all eukaryotes, according to this cladogram.
What are protocists?
100
the idea that when random traits meet random events, certain traits will be favored over others towards the ultimate goal of survival and reproduction.
What is Natural Selection?
100
Variations in the geographic region where organisms live
What is ecological biodiversity?
100
The differences between strands of DNA that you look for to determine relatedness when making a phylogenetic tree.
What are mutations?
100
Evolutionary change within one species or subset of a species.
What is microevolution?
200
The first trait to emerge, according to this diagram.
What are Jaws?
200
A trait that increases an organism's fitness
What is an adaptation?
200
Variations in the traits of many organisms
What is genetic biodiversity?
200
The online software we used to compare DNA to make phylogenetic trees
What is MAFFT?
200
A tool used to measure a sample of a larger field for a biodiversity study.
What is a quadrat?
300
The animals that have been around the longest, according to this phylogenetic tree. 
What are hagfishes and lampreys?
300
A measure of how many favorable traits an organism has towards the means of reproduction
What is fitness?
300
The number of different species in a given area
What is species richness?
300
The COI sequence, used to compare DNA between organisms, is found in this part of a cell.
What is the mitochondria?
300
The process by which the form of a crab has evolved multiple times.
What is carcinization?
400
The common ancestor of all animals, according to this phylogenetic tree. 
What are metazoa?
400
When two unrelated organisms evolve to have similar traits.
What is convergent evolution?
400
The distribution of species in a given area
What is species evenness?
400
The name Charles Darwin gave to the first cladogram he ever drew
What is the "Tree of Life?"
400
The transitional species that brought organisms out of the sea and into land
What is Tiktaalik?
500
The phylum that shares a common ancestor with all of bilaterians, according to this phylogram.
What are cnidaria?
500
When organisms of the same species evolve to have different variations.
What are ecomorphs?
500
The formula we used to calculate biodiversity (either the formula itself or the name for it)
Sampson's Biodiversity Index
Diversity= Σ(n/N)2
500
The 8 taxonomic ranks
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
500
The time period in which complex aquatic organisms began to develop.
What is the Cambrian explosion?