Biological Evolution: Concepts and Mechanisms Quiz

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Which process involves the development of similar characteristics in distantly related organisms?

  • Convergent Evolution (correct)
  • Phyletic Gradualism
  • Background Extinction
  • Parallel Evolution

What mechanism describes how variation changes based on population size?

  • Punctuated Equilibrium
  • Generic Drift (correct)
  • Passive Natural Selection
  • Mass Extinction

In which type of evolution does an ancestral species give rise to diverse descendants that adapt to new environments?

  • Divergent Evolution (correct)
  • Convergent Evolution
  • Mass Extinction
  • Parallel Evolution

Which type of extinction sharply reduces Earth's biodiversity?

<p>Mass Extinction (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Phyletic Gradualism involve?

<p>Slow accumulation of minor changes eventually leading to new species (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves the development of similar characteristics in closely related organisms?

<p>Divergent Evolution (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why different environmental properties require organisms to develop different survival strategies?

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

Which of the following is NOT a situation that would lead to convergent evolution?

<p>Over time populations of different species interbreeding (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What plays the greatest influence on species evolution according to genetic drift and natural selection?

<p>Random mutation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term best describes the process by which peripheral isolates evolve more quickly?

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

What type of evolution involves the accumulation of small changes over a long period of time?

<p>Phyletic gradualism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process is associated with the early Earth's development according to plate tectonics and igneous rocks?

<p>Continental drift (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event led to the formation of a core, mantle, and crust during the formative period of Earth history?

<p>Accretion (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which eon directly follows the Archean eon?

<p>Proterozoic eon (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event from Earth's history is associated with the Solar Nebula Hypothesis?

<p>Accretion of planets from a primordial disk (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which rocks are evidence for the oldest known rocks on Earth?

<p>Zircons from Australia (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What geological process is responsible for the formation of divergent plate boundaries?

<p>Convection currents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of continental development during the Archean period?

<p>Formation of divergent plate boundaries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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