
7 Patterns of Evolution
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Science
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10th Grade
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David Macleay
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Birds, bats, and butterflies have wings that allow them to fly; however, they are all different species and do not share a common ancestor.
speciation
convergent evolution
divergent evolution
extinction
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A plant species called the bull-thorn acacia and a species of stinging ant have a symbiotic relationship. The acacia plant has large hollow thorns in which the ants live. The ants also feed on the plant’s nectar. These ants protect the plant by stinging small animals that try to eat the plant’s leaves. The hollow thorns and nectar production of the acacia and the stinging of the ants evolved due to the relationship between the species.
extinction
coevolution
punctuated equilibrium
gradualism
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The dodo was a large, flightless bird. It only lived on one island in the Indian Ocean. When sailors arrived in the sixteenth century, they found that the dodo was very easy to catch, and even though it didn't taste very nice, many were eaten.
The dodo's natural habitat was almost completely destroyed after people started settling on Mauritius. And when pigs, cats, and monkeys were introduced, they added to the problem by eating the dodo and its eggs. The last confirmed sighting of a dodo was in 1681 and by the end of the 17th century there were no dodos left.
convergent evolution
divergent evolution
extinction
coevolution
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossil evidence suggests that whales evolved from land mammals. This was a slow process spanning thousands of years that resulted from the continual reduction of the mammal’s forelimbs over time, until they were reduced to fins.
speciation
extinction
coevolution
gradualism
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus. In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. It was more than just a behavioral change; domestic dogs are different in form from wolves, mainly smaller and with shorter muzzles and smaller teeth.
convergent evolution
divergent evolution
extinction
coevolution
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Horses are thought to have evolved in North America from dog-sized herbivores. Horse evolution shows long stable periods of little evolution interrupted by brief periods of rapid change.
gradualism
punctuated equilibrium
coevolution
extinction
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Africa’s Lake Victoria, a population of cichlid fish were isolated over 3000 years ago. Since then, over 700 new species have emerged, distinguished by their unique coloring and mating rituals
speciation
gradualism
punctuated equilibrium
convergent evolution
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