Evolution (Zoo)

Who came up with the Theory of Acquired Characteristics?

• Jean Bapiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Erasmus Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

Differences in phenotypes in a population is known as what?

• fitness

• adaptations

• variation

• evolution

Snakes producing venom is an example of what type of adaptation?

• structural

• physiological

• behavioral

• hibernation

The long neck of giraffes is what type of adaptation?

• structural

• physiological

• behavioral

• hibernation

Which type of selection occurs when one extreme variation of a trait is selected for?

• disruptive

• stabilizating

• kin

• directional

movement into a population is known as what?

• immigration

• emigration

The formation of a new species as a result of an ancestral population becoming isolated by a physical barrier is known as?

• sympatric speciation

• peripatric speciation

• allopatric speciation

• parapatric speciation

Type of evolution where one species branches off to form two new species

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• adaptive radiation

• punctuated equilibrium

The pelvic bones of whales is considered what?

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• symbiotic structure

• vestigial structure

Some organisms cannot physically reproduce. What type of reproductive isolation is occurring?

• spatial

• temporal

• behavioral

• mechanical