Evolution
&Extinction
Genetic drift
Taxonomy &
Cladograms
Allele Frequencies
misc.
100

ALL of these animals are extinct. True or false?WoolyMammoth, Saber tooth Tiger,  Stork

What is False

100

This is the name of the genetic drift effect where a large portion of the population is suddenly and randomly eliminated.

What is the Bottleneck effect

100

This type of diagram shows the evolutionary relationships amongst species based on shared characteristics

What is a Cladogram


100

A random change in allele frequency, especially in small populations 

What is genetic drift

100

The sudden disappearance of a species from earth

What is extinction 

200

Who is known as the father of evolution?

Who is Charles Darwin

200

This phenomenon occurs when a small group of individuals colonizes a new area leading to genetic variation that is different of the original population  

What is the founder effect

200

This kingdom contains organisms like mushrooms and yeast which are heterotrophic and can decompose organic matter

What is Fungi

200

The founder effect and bottleneck effect are both examples of this 

What is Genetic drift

200

On a cladogram 2 species are next to each other and share a recent common node, what does this suggest about their evolutionary relationship?

They share a recent common ancestor

300

A helpful change in an animals body 

What is adaptation 


300

Genetic drift has a stronger effect on populations of which size? Small, average, or large?

What is small populations 


300

An organism that appears at the base of a cladogram and is used for comparison 

What is an outgroup

300

This term describes all the genes in a population  

What is a gene pool


300

Most ice in a forest have dark fur now when light fur used to be common, what likely happened?

What is natural selection 

400

The process by which organisms change overtime through genetic variation

What is Evolution

400

The amish population in Pennsylvania is an example of this type of genetic drift where a small group founded a new population.

What is the founder effect

400

A shared trait found in a group of organisms and their ancestor 

What is direct characteristic

400

A chain of allele frequency over time is called this 

What is evolution 

400

An island has only one small population of lizards, why is genetic variation low?

What is small gene pool and/or founder effect occurance

500

These four components are required for natural selection to occur 

What is Variation, Inheritance, Overproduction, and Differential survival

500

How does genetic drift differ from natural selection?

genetic drift is random, natural selection is not  

500

This kingdom includes multicellular autotrophic organisms with cell walls made of cellulose 

What is plantae 

500

Movement of alleles into or out of the population 

What is gene flow

500

FOR 1000 POINTS 

In a population under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, if the frequency of a recessive phenotype is 0.09 and the mutation rate from the dominant to recessive allele is 1×10⁻⁵ per generation, how many generations (approximately) would it take for the recessive allele to increase in frequency by 0.01 assuming no other evolutionary forces?


What is 1,111 generations