The Galapagos finches are a good example of this phenomenon. It is thought that the variety of finch types developed in order to fit into a variety of habitats.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

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A butterfly species changing very slowly over time.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

Evolution of a species into an array of species to fit a number of diverse habitats.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

A butterfly species remains the same for many years, but then undergoes rapid evolution due to environmental changes.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

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Theory that evolution occurs due to slow, gradual build-up of adaptations over time.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

Theory that evolution occurs in fast bursts followed by long periods of genetic equilibrium.

• Adaptive Radiation

• Gradualism

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Speciation

The success of the finches on the Galapagos was most likely due to the

• large numbers of other birds competing for food

• birds adapting to different niches

• food supplied by humans

• mutations occurring in every offspring

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The seed-eating finch in the given diagram was most likely the

• common ancestor

• most successful

• largest finch

• parent of the other finches

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What does the image show?

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

• Adaptive radiation

• Organisms that are not closely related

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What is a niche?

• Where an organism lives

• An organism's role and interactions in its environment

• Only what an organism eats

• A group of organisms of the same species that can interbreed

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