Evolutionary Patterns & Processes

What percentage of all life forms that ever lived are now extinct?

• Around 50%

• Less than 25%

• More than 99%

• About 75%

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What is required for speciation to occur?

• Mutation

• Isolation

• Genetic drift

• Natural selection

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What led to the divergence between land and marine iguanas?

• Competition for food

• A volcanic eruption

• Isolation on islands

• A meteor impact

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What is an example of gradual extinction?

• Volcanic eruption

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Meteor impact

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What event is associated with mass extinction?

• A massive volcano

• Gradual climate change

• Slow changes in sea level

• Evolution of a new predator

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What does punctuated equilibrium involve?

• Slow and steady evolution

• Rapid evolution followed by stability

• Constant extinction events

• Unchanging species over time

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How does gradualism describe evolution?

• Periods of rapid evolution followed by stability

• Rapid changes due to mutations

• Slow, constant changes over time

• Evolution that occurs in a single generation

Which of the following is an example of convergent evolution?

• Shark and Dolphin

• Kit Fox and Red Fox

• Land and Marine Iguanas

• Flowering plants and their pollinators

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What does co-evolution often involve?

• Competitive species

• Predator and prey dynamics

• Symbiotic relationships

• Species with no interaction

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Which example illustrates divergent evolution?

• Flowering plants and bees

• Shark and Dolphin

• Kit Fox and Red Fox

• Land and Marine Iguanas

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