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Types of Reproductive Isolation

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT an example of Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation?
a)
Geographic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Low Hybrid Viability
d)
Gametic
2.
Which of the following are examples of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation? 
a)
Behavioral
b)
Low Hybrid Viability
c)
Hybrid Sterility
d)
Both B & C are correct
3.
There are 5 different kinds of Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation. Find the examples in the following list:
a)
Hybrid Sterility
b)
Mechanical
c)
Gametic
d)
Both b & c
4.
Which of the following depends on reproductive structures being compatible between partners in breeding? 
a)
Mechanical
b)
Gametic
c)
Behavioral
d)
Temporal
5.
Which of the following examples of RIMs depends on the timing of breeding to be compatible between mates? 
a)
Mechanical
b)
Temporal
c)
Behavioral
d)
Gametic
6.
Which of the following RIMs depends on either songs or courtship dances of birds, or signaling between insects, or any other kind of learned or instinctual compatibility between mates?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Temporal
c)
Gametic
d)
Behaviroal
7.
Which of the following examples of RIMs is NOT dependent on a biological compatibility? 
a)
Gametic
b)
Mechanical
c)
Geographic
d)
Behavioral
8.
Which of the following RIMs results in the sperm not finding, attaching to, or fusing with the egg of a mating partner? 
a)
Mechanical
b)
Behaviorial
c)
Temporal
d)
Gametic
9.
Do prezygotic isolating mechanisms occur:
a)
before the zygote
b)
after the zygote
c)
at the same time as the zygote
d)
none of these
10.
Which of the following RIMs is most closely associated with flowering plants? 
a)
Mechanical
b)
Gametic
c)
Temporal 
d)
Behavioral
11.
Which of the following kinds of RIMs is the most likely reason for ducks not being able to breed with other birds? 
a)
Gametic
b)
Mechanical
c)
Behavioral
d)
Temporal
12.
Which of the following is the RIMs is the main reason for horses and donkeys being separate species?
a)
Low hybrid viability
b)
Hybrid breakdown
c)
Low hybrid reproductive capacity
d)
Both B & C
13.
Which kind of RIMs happens because offspring die very early in their life? 
a)
Low hybrid reproductive capacity
b)
Chromosomal mismatch
c)
Hybrid breakdown
d)
Low hybrid viability
14.
What does the term "Hybrid" mean in the context of reproductive isolating mechanisms? 
a)
All offspring
b)
Only male offspring
c)
Offspring with parents from different species
d)
Offspring with parents from the same species