Speciation/Evolution

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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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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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

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

• Temporal

• Mechanical

• Behavioral

• Geographic

Structures that are similar to function. 

• Homologous 
• Analogous 
• Vestigial 
• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which layer is the youngest

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the oldest

• B
• A
• E
• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

• Fossils

• Vestigial Structures

• DNA

• Homologous Structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What type of evidence is shown in the image above?

• Fossils

• Vestigial structures

• Homologous Structures

• DNA

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