Speciation Quiz

The emergence of a mountain range is an event that would lead to _______________ speciation

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Temporal

• Behavioral

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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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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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The presence of islands represents what type of reproductive isolation

• allopatric speciation

• sympatric speciation

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The formation of a new species is called

• Natural selection

• Struggle for existence

• Speciation

• Darwinism

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A speciation in which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the SAME geographic region.

• Sympatric speciation

• Allopatric speciation

• Complex speciation

• Divergent speciation

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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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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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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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A new river forms and splits two populations, causing ______________ speciation

• Sympatric

• Allopatric

• Extreme

• Convergent

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