20.2 Evolutionary Patterns and Processes
Authored by Malcom Delgado
Biology
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
*What patterns describe the sequential nature of groups in the fossil record?
Macroevolutionary patterns: The emergence, growth, and extinction of larger clades. Ex. as dinosaurs, mammals, or flowering plants
Gradualism- slow change over time. Ex. Snakes slowly evolved from reptiles with shorter and shorter legs
Punctuated Equilibrium: periods of rapid change followed by long periods of little to no change. Ex: Sudden color changes in animals
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Major transformations in anatomy, phylogeny, ecology, and behavior
Macroevolutionary Patterns
Evolutionary patterns
Coevolution Patterns
Adaptive Patterns
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When species go extinct when they fail to adapt to changing conditions (business as usual).
HINT: Less severe type of extinction
Macroevolutionary Extinction
Background Extinction
Mass Extinction
Adaptive Extinction
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Every few hundred million years, something dramatic happens that affects species on a global scale resulting in a loss of many species quickly
Macroevolutionary Extinction
Background Extinction
Mass Extinction
Adaptive Extinction
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NGSS.HS-LS4-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
*What does the fossil record show about periods of stasis and rapid change?
Fossil record supports the hypothesis that evolution can occur at different rates in different clades, at different times
Fossil record supports rapid evolution can occur after a small population becomes isolated from the main population
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Biologists have considered two patterns for the rate of evolution:
Gradualism and Punctuated gradualism
Gradualism and Spontaneous gradualism
Evolution and Spontaneous evolution
Evolution and Punctuated evolution
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NGSS.HS-LS4-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Slow change over time
HINT: Snakes slowly evolved from reptiles with shorter and shorter legs
Gradualism
Punctuated Gradualism
Adaptive radiation
Convergent Evolution
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NGSS.HS-LS4-2
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