BIO CH18.3 The Process of Speciation

Cats and dogs cannot interbreed because ____________

• cats are ugly to dogs

• They are different species

• They are not friends

• The name must honor the scientist who discovered the species.

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A labrador retriever dog and a bulldog can interbreed and their offspring can reproduce because

• the two types of breeds like each other

• big dogs like small dogs

• they are the same species

• natural selection

What is the correct taxonomy rank?

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Domain, Class, Phylum, , Order, Species,Family, Genus

• Kingdom, Species, Family, Domain, Class, Phylum, Order, Genus

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Can two different species breed and have offspring?

HINT: The infertile Zonkey

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• lie

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

• Temporal

• Mechanical

• Behavioral

• Geographic (habitat)

Western and Eastern meadowlarks (Birds) are very similar in appearance but they do not attract because they have different songs . What type of reproductive barrier is this?

• behavioral isolation

• hybrid sterility

• temporal isolation

• mechanical isolation

Two main types of speciation are ______________ and _____________

• Allopatric and Sympatric

• Geographic and behavioral

• Allele Patrick and Sympathetic

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