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FINAL JEOPARDY
Microevolution
Macroevolution
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2. Microevolution - $100 Question
What type of selection is this?
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3. Microevolution - $100 Answer
Disruptive
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4. Microevolution - $200 Question
What happens to the genetic variation of the receiving population during gene flow?
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5. Microevolution - $200 Answer
It increases - individuals entering this population increase its genetic variation
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6. Microevolution - $300 Question
What does it mean when an allele becomes fixed?
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7. Microevolution - $300 Answer
It is the only allele option still remaining in the population
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8. Microevolution - $400 Question
What’s an example of intrasexual selection?
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9. Microevolution - $400 Answer
Many possibilities - must include males interacting with one another to show dominance
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10. Microevolution - $500 Question
What is microevolution?
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11. Microevolution- $500 Answer
Evolutionary change in a singular population over a “small” period of time
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12. Macroevolution - $100 Question
What is the result of speciation?
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13. Macroevolution - $100 Answer
A new species
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14. Macroevolution - $200 Question
What’s an example of coevolution?
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15. Macroevolution - $200 Answer
Many possibilities - must include 2 species evolving because of one another
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16. Macroevolution - $300 Question
What’s an example of convergent evolution?
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17. Macroevolution - $300 Answer
Many possibilities - must include similar traits that evolved separately
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18. Macroevolution - $400 Question
In adaptive radiation, what do species fill? i.e. What allows so many different species to differentiate and survive?
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19. Macroevolution - $400 Answer
Open niches
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20. Macroevolution - $500 Question
What are the two types of isolation that can lead to speciation?
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21. Macroevolution - $500 Answer
Geographic and Reproductive
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22. Darwin’s Ideas - $100 Question
What two ideas did Darwin and LaMarck agree on?
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23. Darwin’s Ideas - $100 Answer
-Traits are passed from parent to offspring
-Environment drives change
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24. Darwin’s Ideas - $200 Question
What is descent with modification?
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25. Darwin’s Ideas - $200 Answer
Small changes in an ancestral species occur over time which eventually leads to a new species
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26. Darwin’s Ideas - $300 Question
What does it mean if a trait is selected for?
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27. Darwin’s Ideas - $300 Answer
The environment favors it
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28. Darwin’s Ideas - $400 Question
Which condition of Darwin’s theory is missing? i.e. what is #3?
Populations have variations
Some variations are favorable
Those that survive have favorable traits
The frequency of these favorable traits will increase in the population over time
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29. Darwin’s Ideas - $400 Answer
More offspring are produced than can survive
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30. Darwin’s Ideas - $500 Question
How is the peppered moth an example of natural selection?
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31. Darwin’s Ideas - $500 Answer
When the environment changed due to the industrial revolution, and the trees became darker from soot, the black variation of the moth became more common because the darker variation of the trait was now more favorable for the moths camouflaging and escaping predators
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32. Cladograms - $100 Question
What does each branch on a cladogram represent?
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33. Divergence of a new species
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Divergence of a new species
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34. Cladograms - $200 Question
How would you describe the circled organisms?
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Amniotic clade
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36. Cladograms - $300 Question
What are synapomorphies?
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37. Shared derived characteristics
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Shared derived characteristics
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38. Cladograms - $400 Question
What separates a wolf from a domestic cat?
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39. Retractable claws and the ability to purr
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Retractable claws and the ability to purr
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40. Cladograms - $500 Question
Which cladogram is most accurate and why?
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41. H - a bird is much more closely related to a crocodile than a human
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H - a bird is much more closely related to a crocodile than a human
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42. Is there any variation in this population?
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Is there any variation in this population?
If yes, what? If no, why?
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Yes, height
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44. Potpourri - $200 Question
Homologous structures are similar in structure. What are they different in?
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Function or use
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46. Potpourri - $300 Question
A dolphin is a jawed fish which breathes air into its lungs and protects its young in a placenta. Where would it go on this cladogram?
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47. Between newt and lizard
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Between newt and lizard
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48. Potpourri - $400 Question
What is a species?
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Group of organisms with similar traits who can produce fertile, viable offspring
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50. Potpourri - $500 Question
What is a population?
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51. Group of organisms of the same species living in the same environment
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Group of organisms of the same species living in the same environment
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52. FINAL
Evolution
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53. Final Jeopardy Question
These 3 subspecies of tiger have nearly identical DNA but look very different and live in different areas.
What could be the cause for their diversity?
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Final Jeopardy Answer
One common ancestral species recently adapted to different environmental conditions
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