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Over the past 250 million years, the diversity of life has increased. The increase has been promoted by adaptive radiations, in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms. This occurs in particular when a change in the environment makes new
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Which of the below best explains why the 14 finch species of the Galapagos Islands are a good example of adaptive radiation?
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The 14 finch species originated from 14 different ancestral species that all arrived to the Galapagos over a relatively short time period.
The 14 finch species originated over a relatively short time period from a single species.
The 14 finch species most likely originated as a result of polyploidy.
The 14 finch species on the Galapagos Islands are actually not a good example of adaptive radiation.
The 14 finch species evolved their characteristics separately as a result of convergent evolution.
Which of the following does not increase the rate of adaptive radiation?
A Competition for resources.
Short generation times.
C)A major environmental change.
Two species that produce only infertile offspring.
Which of the following mass extinctions caused the loss of over 80% of species and was due to increased volcanic activity in what is now Siberia, Russia?
The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
The Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction
The Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction
The Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction
Chapter 25 Solutions
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Ch. 25.1 - What hypothesis did Miller test in his classic...Ch. 25.1 - How would the appearance of protocells have...Ch. 25.1 - MAKE CONNECTIONS In changing from an "RNA world"...Ch. 25.2 - Describe an example from the fossil record that...Ch. 25.2 - WHAT IF? Your measurements indicate that a...Ch. 25.3 - The first appearance of free oxygen in the...Ch. 25.3 - What evidence supports the hypothesis that...Ch. 25.3 - WHAT IF? What would a fossil record of life today...Ch. 25.4 - Explain the consequences of plate tectonics for...Ch. 25.4 - What factors promote adaptive radiations?
Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 25.5 - Explain how new body forms can originate by...Ch. 25.5 - Why is it likely that Hox genes have played a...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 25.6 - How can the Darwinian concept of descent with...Ch. 25.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 25 - Describe the roles that montmorillonite clay and...Ch. 25 - What are the challenges of estimating the ages of...Ch. 25 - What is the "Cambrian explosion," and why is it...Ch. 25 - Explain how the broad evolutionary changes seen in...Ch. 25 - How could changes in a Single gene or DNA region...Ch. 25 - Explain the reasoning behind the Statement...Ch. 25 - Level 1: Knowledge/Comprehension 1. Fossilized...Ch. 25 - The oxygen revolution changed Earth's environment...Ch. 25 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 25 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 25 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 25 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 25 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 25 - EVOLUTION CONNECTION Describe how gene flow,...Ch. 25 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 25 - WRITE ABOUT A THEME: ORGANIZATION You have seen...Ch. 25 - Prob. 11TYU
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