Natural Selection Process Quiz
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Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct ______.

species

Speciation occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its ______ and develops its unique characteristics.

species

Darwin believed that new ______ arise only very gradually, over immensely long times.

species

Allopatric speciation occurs in ______ isolated populations.

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

Reproductive ______ happens when two groups of individuals evolved from the same parental population do not interbreed.

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

Peripatric speciation occurs when a small subset of a large population becomes isolated at the ______ of the original population's range.

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

Over generations, the small group in peripatric speciation becomes reproductively ______ from the original community.

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

The founder effect is another term for ______ speciation.

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

As an interbreeding species population becomes better adapted to its ecological ______, its genetic heritage gives it the potential to change further as circumstances dictate.

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

Speciation maintains ______ diversity.

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

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