Evolution and Speciation Quiz
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Which term refers to the movement of individuals and their alleles from one population to another, potentially changing allele frequencies in both populations?

  • Modern synthesis
  • Migration (correct)
  • Natural selection
  • Vicariance
  • What is the study of how selective forces change the allele frequencies in a population over time?

  • Sympatric speciation
  • Variation
  • Population genetics (correct)
  • Speciation
  • What does the term 'sympatric speciation' refer to?

  • The variety of alleles in a population
  • The movement of individuals of a population to a new location
  • A speciation that occurs in the same geographic space (correct)
  • The formation of a new species
  • Which term refers to a physical structure present in an organism but that has no apparent function and appears to be from a functional structure in a distant ancestor?

    <p>Vestigial structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the overarching evolutionary paradigm that took shape by the 1940s and is generally accepted today?

    <p>Modern synthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What refers to the greater relative survival and reproduction of individuals in a population that have favorable heritable traits, leading to evolutionary change?

    <p>Natural selection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to a heritable trait or behavior that aids in an organism's survival in its current environment?

    <p>Adaptive radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a speciation that occurs when one species radiates out to form several other species?

    <p>Adaptive radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we call a speciation that occurs via a geographic separation?

    <p>Allopatric speciation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of evolution results in similar forms on different species due to similar selection pressures?

    <p>Convergent evolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the magnification of genetic drift as a result of natural events or catastrophes?

    <p>Bottleneck effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the flow of alleles in and out of a population due to the migration of individuals or gametes?

    <p>Gene flow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for all of the alleles carried by all the individuals in the population?

    <p>Gene pool</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the effect of chance on a population’s gene pool?

    <p>Genetic drift</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a broader scale of evolutionary changes seen over paleontological time?

    <p>Macroevolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we call an evolution that results in different forms in two species with a common ancestor?

    <p>Divergent evolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

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