22.5

Question 1

adaptive radiation and biological diversity

Answer 1

describes a group of species which have recently evolved from a common ancestor by adapting to different parts of the environment

Question 2

pace of evolution

Answer 2

2 hyptheses to explain the relationship between speciation and the evolutionary change that occurs within a species over time
-gradualism
-punctuated equillibrium

Question 3

gradualism

Answer 3

small changes occur very slowly and accumulate over thousands and millions of years leading to major changes

Question 4

punctuated equillibrium

Answer 4

species experience periods of little to no change punctuated by bursts of evolutionary change occurring over geologically hsort periods of time