WorksheetsFly Case Study
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False...Speciation can only be observed over millions of years:
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Species are going extinct, but no new species are forming on Earth:
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Based on the information provided in this case study, are hawthorn and apple maggot flies separate species?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
It depends on how the term species is defined.
4.
According to the biological species concept, are hawthorn and apple maggot flies separate species?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I cannot tell from the information provided.
5.
Which information is relevant to the biological species definition?
a)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are physically indistinguishable.
b)
A.There is a 4-6% hybridization rate between hawthorn and apple maggot flies.
c)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are genetically distinguishable and have a distinct genetic profiles.
d)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies strongly prefer to mate and lay fertilized eggs in hawthorns and apples, respectively.
6.
According to the ecological species concept, are hawthorn and apple maggot flies separate species?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I cannot tell from the information provided.
7.
Which information is relevant to the ecological species definition?
a)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are physically indistinguishable.
b)
A.There is a 4-6% hybridization rate between hawthorn and apple maggot flies.
c)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are genetically distinguishable and have a distinct genetic profiles.
d)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies strongly prefer to mate and lay fertilized eggs in hawthorns and apples, respectively.
8.
According to the morphological species concept, are hawthorn and apple maggot flies separate species?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I cannot tell from the information provided.
9.
Which information is relevant to the morphological species definition?
a)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are physically indistinguishable.
b)
A.There is a 4-6% hybridization rate between hawthorn and apple maggot flies.
c)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are genetically distinguishable and have a distinct genetic profiles.
d)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies strongly prefer to mate and lay fertilized eggs in hawthorns and apples, respectively.
10.
According to the phylogenetic species concept, are hawthorn and apple maggot flies separate species?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I cannot tell from the information provided
11.
Which information is relevant to the phylogenetic species definition?
a)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are physically indistinguishable.
b)
A.There is a 4-6% hybridization rate between hawthorn and apple maggot flies.
c)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies are genetically distinguishable and have a distinct genetic profiles.
d)
A.Hawthorn and apple maggot flies strongly prefer to mate and lay fertilized eggs in hawthorns and apples, respectively.
12.
Speciation in Rhagoletis is:
a)
Sympatric
b)
Allopatric
13.
When a male donkey mates with a female horse, the hybrid offspring is an infertile mule. This reproductive barrier is
a)
prezygotic
b)
postzygotic
14.
The antennae of male moths can only detect sex pheromones released by a female in his species. This type of isolation is
a)
prezygotic
b)
postzygotic
15.
What reproductive barrier limits interbreeding between hawthorn and apple maggot flies?
a)
mechanical isolation
b)
habitat isolation
c)
temporal isolation
d)
hybrid breakdown
16.
Habitat isolation and temporal isolation are:
a)
prezygotic reproductive barriers
b)
postzygotic reproductive barriers
17.
Speciation can only be observed over millions of years:
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Species are going extinct, but no new species are forming on Earth:
a)
True
b)
False
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