18 Questions
Which process involves the development of similar characteristics in distantly related organisms?
Convergent Evolution
What mechanism describes how variation changes based on population size?
Generic Drift
In which type of evolution does an ancestral species give rise to diverse descendants that adapt to new environments?
Divergent Evolution
Which type of extinction sharply reduces Earth's biodiversity?
Mass Extinction
What does Phyletic Gradualism involve?
Slow accumulation of minor changes eventually leading to new species
Which process involves the development of similar characteristics in closely related organisms?
Divergent Evolution
What is the main reason why different environmental properties require organisms to develop different survival strategies?
Natural selection
Which of the following is NOT a situation that would lead to convergent evolution?
Over time populations of different species interbreeding
What plays the greatest influence on species evolution according to genetic drift and natural selection?
Random mutation
Which term best describes the process by which peripheral isolates evolve more quickly?
Allopatric speciation
What type of evolution involves the accumulation of small changes over a long period of time?
Phyletic gradualism
Which process is associated with the early Earth's development according to plate tectonics and igneous rocks?
Continental drift
What event led to the formation of a core, mantle, and crust during the formative period of Earth history?
Accretion
Which eon directly follows the Archean eon?
Proterozoic eon
What event from Earth's history is associated with the Solar Nebula Hypothesis?
Accretion of planets from a primordial disk
Which rocks are evidence for the oldest known rocks on Earth?
Zircons from Australia
What geological process is responsible for the formation of divergent plate boundaries?
Convection currents
What is the significance of continental development during the Archean period?
Formation of divergent plate boundaries
Test your knowledge on concepts and mechanisms related to biological evolution. Questions cover topics such as convergent evolution, extinction, genetic drift, and natural selection.
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