CYCLONE SMACK DOWN Teams get your thinking caps

CYCLONE SMACK DOWN Teams, get your thinking caps on!

Question #1: 1 point ◦ What is the founder effect? This is an example of what?

Question #2: 1 point ◦ What is a polar covalent bond? Draw an example of one.

Question #3: 1 point ◦ What is character displacement? Give an example explaining how it shows character displacement.

Question #4: BONUS! (3 points) ◦ You are a grad student studying African cats. You are studying a specific population made up of 200 African cats. You are studying Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium among the population, and take note that 40 of the cats have black tipped ears. You know that this trait is dominant for African cats. To finish your study, find the percentage of those that are homozygous recessive and heterozygous for black tipped ears trait.

Question #5: 1 point ◦ Explain the process after glycolysis and before the Citric Acid cycle. Include all aspects of this process!

Question #6: 1 point ◦ What is unique about marsupial development? How do the offspring of other mammals compare to the offspring of marsupials? Think about their long term life as well!

Question #7: 2 points ◦ You are looking at a population of caterpillars. You are studying the traits of integument characteristics, and antennae length. Caterpillars with furry skin are dominant, while having no fur is recessive. Caterpillars with long antennae are dominant, while those with short antennae are recessive. Make a Punnett square including all traits.

Question #8: 1 point ◦ We talked about the cutest creature of all called the axolotl, and found out that it can regenerate limbs. What are the steps of regeneration? Thanks for playing!