Evolution Quiz

When two organisms evolve in response to the other

• Speciation

• Coevolution

• Gradualism

• Convergent evolution

What type of evolution is the following:

Horse evolution shows long stable periods of little evolution interrupted by brief periods of rapid change.

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

A slow constant rate of change is ...

• gradualism

• gene flow

• mutations

• hybridization

Two species that are closely related become increasingly different through

• divergent evolution

• competitive relationships

• convergent evolution

• disruptive selection

When unrelated species evolve similar characteristics because they live in similar environments

• Punctuated equilibrium

• Divergent evolution

• Speciation

• Convergent evolution

Sharks and dolphins both have streamlined bodies that allow them to move through water efficiently, this is an example of which type of evolution?

• Divergent
• Coevolution
• Convergent
• Artificial

New biological species made by the division of a single species into many genetically different ones based on the adaption to many different environments is

• Adaptive radiation

• Behavioral isolation

• Directional selection

• Disruptive selection

Which of the following is an example of the bottle neck effect?

• Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.
• Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.
• Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.
• Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year.  This results in larger apples from year to year.

Which of the following is an example of natural selection?

• Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.

• Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.

• Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.

• Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year. This results in larger apples from year to year.

One day a group of scientists collected a small group of brown anole lizards from a large group of the lizards.  Then they placed this small group of lizards on an island that had no brown anole lizards on it.  What is this an example of?

• Bottleneck Effect
• Hardy Effect
• Founder Effect
• None of These