Speciation (7.10), Extinction (7.11) & Variations (7.12)

The accumulation of differences between populations.

• divergence
• Sixth Extinction
• genetic diversity
• niche isolation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

when two or more species sharing a common ancestor become more different over time

• divergent evolution
• divergence
• mass extinction
• speciation

An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species

• adaptive radiation
• speciation
• extinction
• niche isolation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Type of sympatric speciation that occurs when a new species is formed because of a change in microhabitats

• niche isolation
• extinction
• divergent evolution
• gene flow

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

• niche
• extinction
• niche isolation
• mass extinction

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.

• speciation
• extinction
• resilience
• divergence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

the process of speciation that occurs with geographic isolation

• allopatric speciation
• Sixth Extinction
• habitat fragmentation
• allopolyploid speciation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

isolation between populations due to physical barriers

• geographic isolation
• mass extinction
• convergent evolution
• divergent evolution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

exchange of genes between populations

• gene flow
• resilience
• divergence
• divergent evolution

The formation of new species in populations that live in the same geographic area

• sympatric speciation
• extinction
• speciation
• Sixth Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5