Unit 9b: Speciation Questions

What is the process of creating a new species called?

• Mutation

• Speciation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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What is adaptive radiation?

• Evolution of many species from a common ancestor

• Evolution of one species into another

• None of the above

• Evolution of unrelated species with similar traits

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What is the main cause of genetic drift?

• Mutation

• Gene flow

• Random chance

• Natural selection

Match the following

• separation by mating time

• Behavioral Isolation

• separation by mating behavior

• Geographic Isolation

• separation by geography

• Temporal Isolation

For speciation to occur, there must be some sort of __.

• environment change

• separation of the original species

• mutation to a gene

• major disaster

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Some people like to wake up early in the morning.
Some people like to stay up late at night.

This is an example of __.

• Behavioral Isolation

• allopatric speciation

• Temporal Isolation

• Geographic Isolation

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This type of extinction occurs regularly throughout history __.

• Species extinction

• Background extinction

• Mass extinction

• Distinct extinction

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During a mas extinction event, and entire ecosystem can be destroyed.

• True

• False

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The river in this image might cause __.

• Behavioral Isolation

• Temporal Isolation

• Geographic isolation

• Natural selection

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