Speciation

Speciation

9th - 10th Grade

20 Qs

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Speciation

Speciation

Assessment

Quiz

Biology, Science

9th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-5

Standards-aligned

Created by

JASON HOSKIN

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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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 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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The term for the formation of new and distinct species over the course of evolution is...
speciation
biological species concept
reproductive barrier
natural selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What is a species? 
A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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A new river forms and splits two populations, causing ______________ speciation

Sympatric

Allopatric

Extreme

Convergent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Orcas occur in the same habitat but some are avoiding each other and do not interbreed. They have different diets, vocal behavior, and social structures. What type of speciation is this?

Allopatric

Sympatric

Complex

Covergent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

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