Applied Biology 17.3

Multiple Choice

The formation of a new species is called

• reprouctive isolation

• disruptive selection

• geographic isolation

• speciation

Multiple Choice

The Grants' data showed that natural selection takes place

• frequently & sometimes rapidly

• rarely

• never

• slowly

Multiple Choice

The type of isolation that occurs when a population's gene pool diverges and two species form is known as

• reproductive

• temporal

• behavioral

• geographic

Multiple Choice

Speciation cannot take place without

• homologous structures

• disruptive selection

• geographic isolation

• reproductive isolation

Multiple Choice

Among the finch populations of the Galapagos Islands, the founder effect, reproductive isolation, and competition all contributed to

• speciation

• genetic equilibrium

• stabilizing selection

• genetic drift