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Question 1

Has always been a major force in macroevolution

Answer 1

Extinction

Question 2

Wave of speciation that occurs as a new habitat is colonized by lineage, or in the wake of the extinction of another lineage

Answer 2

Adaptive radiation

Question 3

Occurs when two different species share a common ancestor but have different characteristics from one another

Answer 3

Divergent evolution

Question 4

Occurs when two different species do not share a common ancestor but have developed similar characteristics through adaptation to similar environmental conditions

Answer 4

Convergent evolution

Question 5

Are similar because of common ancestry had that structure

Answer 5

Homologous Structures

Question 6

Performs a similar function in different organisms but is not shared by a common ancestor

Answer 6

Analogous Structures

Question 7

Homologous structures are due to ..

Answer 7

Divergent evolution

Question 8

Natural selection causes distantly related organisms with no common ancestor to evolve analogous structure

Answer 8

Convergent evolution

Question 9

Process in which one species splits from another, the emergence of a new species

Answer 9

Speciation

Question 10

Sum of all the alleles found in a species

Answer 10

Gene Pool

Question 11

Two closely related species of Caribbean Corals in the same area that are re-productively isolated by minor differences in habitat

Answer 11

Ecological Isolation

Question 12

The presence of extra sets of chromosomes due to accidents during cell division

Answer 12

Polyploidy