Taxonomy and Genetic Diversity in Organisms

1. Jeopardy 20 Squares Start

2. Final Jeopardy Question

3. 6 0 Primates 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question Which organism are the rodents and rabbits most closely related to? Back to the Game Board

4. 6 0 Vertebrae, bony skeleton, four limbs 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question List the characteristics that the amphibians have. Back to the Game Board

5. 6 0 Kingdom, Phylum, Class and Order 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question Which taxonomic groups do the Grizzly bear and fox have in common? Back to the Game Board

6. 6 0 It lacks a backbone 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question Why is the Sea Star in the first level of classification, but not the second? Back to the Game Board

7. 6 0 Genus, species 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question In the scientific name Ambystoma tigrinium, the first word is the ____ and the second word is the _____. Back to the Game Board

8. 6 0 Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question This is the order of the 7 taxonomic groups from largest to smallest. Back to the Game Board

9. 6 0 Families 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question Within the taxonomic groups, each order can be divided into several ___________. Back to the Game Board

10. 6 0 Kingdom, phylum, class and order Genus and species 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question If two different organisms are in the same family, they will also be in the same ___, but not necessarily be in the same___. (multiple answers per line) Back to the Game Board

11. A gene pool 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question This contains all of the genes of a reproducing population. Back to the Game Board

12. 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 Gene flow 20 Point Question The transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another through interbreeding of the two populations, increasing genetic diversity. Back to the Game Board

13. Mimicry 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question This adaptation allows an organism to resemble another organism/object in its surroundings for concealment or protection from predators Back to the Game Board

14. 6 0 Genetic drift 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question ___________ is when alleles become more or less common within a population by chance. It is more common in small populations. Back to the Game Board

15. 6 0 Charles Darwin 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question He theorized that natural selection could result in a new species if a genetic variation could be passed on to offspring and continue to be passed on to future generations. Back to the Game Board

16. Homologous, ancestor 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question __________structures have the same basic structure in different organisms, but can serve different purposes. This provides evidence that organisms possibly evolved from a common ________. Back to the Game Board

17. 6 0 B. Genus 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question Two organisms both belonging to which of the following taxonomic levels would be the most closely related? • Order • Genus • Family • Phylum Back to the Game Board

18. 6 0 How closely related the two species are to one another 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question Genome maps provide the DNA sequences of chromosomes. What does studying the genome maps of two different species allow scientists to determine? Back to the Game Board

19. To avoid confusion when referring to a single organism that may have several different common names. 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question Why is the use of scientific names (instead of common names) a necessary scientific practice? Back to the Game Board

20. Cell type, presence of cell wall, # of cells, mode of obtaining nutrition, habitat 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question List the 5 major characteristics that scientists use to classify organisms into one of the 6 kingdoms of life. Back to the Game Board

21. If the gene increased their ability to survive and reproduce and are passed on to offspring. 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question What can contribute to the increase in gene frequency (amount of that gene) in a population? Back to the Game Board