Speciation

Question 1

What is a species

Answer 1

a group that can interbreed under natural conditions

Question 2

Speciation

Answer 2

The rise of 2 or more species from a common ancestor is called speciation

Question 3

When can speciation occur

Answer 3

When a population becomes isolated

Question 4

2 types of speciation

Answer 4

1. Allopatric Speciation - when a population becomes geographically isolated from one another
2. Sympathetic Speciation - when a population becomes reproductively isolated not geographically

Question 5

3 types of Isolation

Answer 5

Habitat isolation- populations can occupy different niches of the same habitat, they do not encounter each other to reproduce

Geographic isolation- populations are separated by physical barriers that divide a population into groups they do not encounter one another to reproduce

Reproductive isolation - inability of organisms to reproduce due to physical or behavour barrier.