Types of 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

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The three species pictured share a common ancestor and have adapted so that each lives in a different environment. This is an example of

• Law of Superposition

• Evolutionary Arms Race

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

• There were different types of predators on the islands.

• The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.

• There was no water on the islands.

• There were different food types on each island.

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What type of evolution does this picture show?

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• extinction

• coevolution

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What type of selection is pictured here?

• Directional

• Disruptive

• Stabilizing

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Match the following

• Fast with big change, like being punched in the face

• Sympatric

• Moutain, River, Canyon, Ocean

• Gradualism

• Song, Habitat, Time

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Slow with little change, like going to a graduation

• Allopatric

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The three species pictured do not share a common ancestor, yet have evolved to have a similar anatomy and life style. This is an example of ?

• Homologous Structures

• Divergent Evolution

• Vestigial Organs

• Convergent Evolution

Slow changes over a long period of time.

• Gradualism

• Extinction

• Coevolution

• Convergent evolution

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Bursts of change followed by periods of stability.

• Punctuated equilibrium

• Gradualism

• Extinction

• Speciation

A number of different species arise from one common ancestor.

• Adaptive Radiation (aka, Divergent Evolution)

• Gradualism

• Coevolution

• Speciation

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