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What is the primary difference between artificial selection and natural selection?

The pace of selection, with artificial selection being faster

The agent of selection, being humans or nature (correct)

The number of generations involved in the selection process

The type of traits being selected for

What is the term for the process by which a new species emerges from an existing one?

Speciation (correct)

Natural Selection

Evolution

Adaptation

What is the primary purpose of a cladogram?

To determine the genetic makeup of an organism

To identify the common ancestors of a group of organisms

To show the evolutionary relationships between organisms (correct)

To study the behavior of organisms in their environment

What is the term for the phenomenon where a small group of individuals becomes isolated from the main population and establishes a new population?

Founder effect Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which a population becomes reproductively isolated from other populations?

Allopatric speciation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which a species undergoes a rapid change in its characteristics in response to environmental pressures?

Adaptive radiation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which the frequency of an allele changes in a population due to random events?

Genetic drift Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the phenomenon where a species becomes extinct, leading to the formation of a new species?

Extinction Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which different species evolve similar traits in response to similar environmental pressures?

Convergent evolution Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the equation that describes the frequencies of alleles in a population, assuming no evolution is occurring?

Hardy-Weinberg equation Signup and view all the answers