Mechanisms of Evolution & Speciation

Different finch populations lived on separate islands with different environments. They evolved to best adapt to those particular environments and can no longer mate. What type of speciation is this?

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Temporal

• Mechanical

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When the Grand Canyon in Arizona formed, two populations of one squirrel species were separated by the giant canyon. This is an example of _____________ speciation.

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Simple

• Divergent

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when the organism develops different courtship rituals which do not attract main population this is a part of ____________ speciation.

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Simple

• Temporal

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Orcas occur in the same habitat but some are avoiding each other and do not interbreed. They have different diets, vocal behavior, and social structures. What type of speciation is this?

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Complex

• Covergent

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What is a species? 

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
• A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
• Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

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The term for the formation of new and distinct species over the course of evolution is...

• speciation
• biological species concept
• reproductive barrier
• natural selection

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The flowers of pink tulips open in the morning, while the flowers of lavender tulips open in the early afternoon. The bees that pollinate these tulips cannot carry pollen back & forth between the two types of tulips because of their flowers being closed at different times of day. What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation
• hybrid sterility 
• temporal isolation
• mechanical isolation 

Some female peacocks prefer males with large, colorful tales while other female peacocks prefer males with no tail at all. Females are beginning to only mate with the type of males with the tail they prefer. What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation
• hybrid sterility 
• temporal isolation
• mechanical isolation 

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The genitalia of the male damselfly varies in shape. Certain males can only hold onto & mate with females whose genitalia fit.  What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation
• temporal isolation 
• gametic isolation
• mechanical isolation 

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A flash flood carried a raft of Amazon ants away from their original population. There is enough distance between the two groups, that they will never meet in nature again. What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation
• temporal isolation 
• gametic isolation
• geographic isolation 

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