Speciation

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 

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 

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 

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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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. 

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

• Sympatric

• Allopatric

• Extreme

• Convergent

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

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Temporal

• Behavioral

The emergence of new rivers or streams is a type of ____________ isolation.

• Temporal

• Mechanical

• Behavioral

• Geographic