Processes of Evolution - Patterns of Evolution

Question 1

Divergent Evolution

Answer 1

Process whereby groups from the same common ancestor evolve and develop differences, resulting in the formation of a new species

Question 2

adaptive radiation

Answer 2

A type of divergent evolution where a large number of species evolve over a relatively short period of time from a common ancestor.

Question 3

convergent evolution

Answer 3

Similar traits evolve in two or more unrelated species, typically because the unrelated species are responding to similar selection pressures

Question 4

Co-Evolution

Answer 4

The process in which two or more species evolve alongside each other by exerting selection pressures on each other