Investigation 10.3

Coevolution is when _________________.

• A particular species gives rise to many different species.

• Unrelated species develop similar characteristics independently.

• Two species evolve together because they are so ecologically connected and depend on one another.

Which image shows a cladogram?

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Convergent Evolution is when _________________.

• A particular species gives rise to many different species.

• Unrelated species develop similar characteristics independently.

• Two species evolve together because they are so ecologically connected and depend on one another.

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What are the 5 great mass extinctions in order?

• End Triassic

• End Ordovician

• End Permian

• End Cretaceous

• Late Devonian

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Gradualism vs. Punctuated Equilibrium

• Gradualism

• Rapid changes in a species, followed by periods of stasis.

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• The species will change slowly and consistently over time.

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Potential Triggers to ____:

  1) reduction in the population

  2) colonization of a new environment

  3) surviving a mass extinction

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Adaptive Radiation is when _________________.

• A particular species gives rise to many different species.

• Unrelated species develop similar characteristics independently.

• Two species evolve together because they are so ecologically connected and depend on one another.

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In regards to Darwin's finches, more than a dozen species evolved from a single species. Which of the following patterns of evolution does this represent?

• coevolution
• convergent evolution
• extinction
• adaptive radiation

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Formation of new species. (a)  

• Speciation
• Trait
• Fossil record
• Ancestor

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Unrelated species become more and more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment.

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

• Coevolution

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Two species drastically effect the evolution of the other. This is an example of:

• Coevolution

• Natural Selection

• Gene flow.

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