Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

SPECIATION AND PRE- AND POST ZYGOTIC MECHANISMS

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some species of Anopheles mosquitoes live in brackish water, some in running fresh water, and other in stagnant water. What type of reproductive barrier is most obviously separating those different species?

a)

habitat isolation

b)

temporal isolation

c)

behavioral isolation

d)

gametic isolation

e)

post-zygotic isolation

2.

Two species of orchids with different floral anatomy. This is an example of: ____________isolation

a)

gametic

b)

temporal

c)

behavioral

d)

habitat

e)

mechanical

3.

Two species of trouts that interbreed in different seasons. This is an example of: ____________isolation

a)

gametic

b)

temporal

c)

behavioral

d)

habitat

e)

mechanic

4.

Mating fruit flies recognize the appearance, odor, tapping motions, and sounds of member of the same species. This is an example of: ____________isolation

a)

gametic

b)

temporal

c)

behavioral

d)

mechanic

e)

habitat

5.

The scarlet oaks is adapted to moist bottomland, whereas the black oak is adapted to dry upland soils. This is an example of: ____________isolation

a)

gametic

b)

temporal

c)

habitat

d)

behavioral

e)

mechanic

6.

Females of one bird species mate based on song quality; females of another species choose mates based on the basis of size

a)

habitat

b)

temporal

c)

behavioral

d)

mechanic

e)

gametic

7.

Which of the following reproductive isolating mechanisms is postzygotic?

a)

habitat isolation

b)

temporal isolation

c)

hybrid sterility

d)

behavioral isolation

8.

The biological species concept is inadequate for grouping:

a)

plants

b)

parasites

c)

asexual organisms

d)

endemic populations

9.

The formation of a land bridge between North and South America about three million years ago should have resulted in which of the following?

a)

allopatric speciation

b)

sympatric speciation

10.

In some snail species, the direction of shell coiling is controlled by a single (maternal effect) gene. Left-coiling snails cannot mate with right-coiling snails. Such mutations could quickly lead to further differentiation and, possibly, speciation.

This is an example of _________isolation

a)

gametic

b)

mechanic

c)

behavioral

d)

temporal

11.

The Giant Red Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) and the Purple Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) cohabit the rocky intertidal along the western U.S., but do not interbreed. Their gametes do not recognize one another, maintaining species integrity. This is and example of __________isolation

a)

temporal

b)

gametic

c)

mechanic

d)

behavioral

e)

habitat