WorksheetsAdaptive Radiation
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2mins
What are the situations that cause adaptive radiation? [You can choose multiple options]
Colonizing species' arrival at an island
Lack of competition
Increased number of predators
Uninhabitable weather
Placentals and Australian marsupials show (a) evolution
Bandicoot and Wombat have evolved from marsupial radiation.
True
False
In Australia, Placentals Bobcat shows resemblance to the marsupial ____________.
Spotted Cuscus
Tasmanian Cat
Bengal Tiger
Tasmanian Wolf
The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge, is called
Natural selection
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Adaptive radiation
What was observed in the finches of the Galapagos Islands?
different species on different islands
all species on one of the islands
the same species as North America
identical species on all the islands
This scientist developed the theory of evolution as he studied the finches.
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
What organ differs in each finch?
Feathers
Claw
Beak
Fore-limbs
Why does Australia have marsupial radiation? [You can choose multiple options]
Different geographical terrains
Different weather conditions
Availability of various forms of food
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Convergent evolution occurs when organisms have
different ancestors and different niches
same ancestors and similar niches
different ancestors and similar niches
same ancestors and different niches
Parallel evolution can be seen in the case of
Darwin's Finches
Australian Marsupials and Australian Placentals
Australian Marsupials and American Placentals
Asian Marsupials and Australian Placentals
