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A) India B) captivity C) Madagascar D) central Africa 2
A) a group of related species B) the same species C) unrelated D) entirely hybrids 3
A) the founder effect B) natural selection C) mutations D) reinforcement 4
A) sympatry B) antipatry C) allopatry D) copatry 5
A) haploidy B) statiploidy C) diploidy D) polyploidy 6
A) On the Origin of Species B) The Principles of C) Survival of the Fittest D) Around the World in Population Eighty Days 7
A) True B) False 8
A) gene flow B) macroevolution C) polymorphism D) microevolution E) binomal expansion 9
A) prevention of gamete fusion B) temporal isolation C) production of sterile hybrids D) geographical isolation E) all of the above are prezygotic isolating mechanisms 10
A) 2 B) 14 C) 56 D) 200 E) 800 11
A) subspecies B) varieties C) both of the above D) neither of the above 12
A) 3 B) 13 C) 23 D) 300 E) 800 13
A) warbler finch B) ground finches C) tree finches D) flightless finch E) all of the above are groups of Darwin's finches 14
A) sized and shaped copulatory organs B) courtship displays C) times of the day that they are sexually active D) habitat ranges E) chemical compatibilities of their gametes 15
A) gradualism B) punctuated equilibrium C) ecotypes D) sexual selection E) adaptive radiation 16
A) Clusters of species are found only on islands, never on continents. B) Despite its large size, California has a low number of plant species. C) The stronger the selective forces, the faster a population will change. D) All of the above are true. E) None of the above are true. 17
A) postzygotic isolating mechanism B) geographical isolating mechanism C) behavioral isolating mechanism D) mechanical isolating mechanism E) temporal isolating mechanism 18
A) they occupy different niches B) they can never hybridize C) they will intergrade extensively if they occur in the same area D) none of the above is true 19
A) among populations in similar habitats B) in large, randomly breeding populations C) in populations with few reproductive isolating mechanisms D) among populations exposed to climatic and other environmental changes E) under all of the above conditions 20
A) hybrids are always selected against in nature B) polyploidy is very rare in plants C) reproductive isolating mechanisms are usually selected against in nature D) a single species can undergo adaptive radiation and produce a cluster of species E) species usually have only one type of reproductive isolating mechanism 21
A) allopatric speciation B) sympatric speciation C) clones D) prides E) polyploidy 22
A) are an example of a cluster of species B) are closely related to Scaptomyza species C) exhibit behavioral isolating mechanisms D) all of the above E) none of the above 23
A) sexual selection B) a prezygotic isolating mechanism C) a postzygotic isolating mechanism D) gradualism E) polyploidy 24
A) Panthera tigris B) Geospiza conirostris C) Quercus dumosa D) Lactuca graminifolia 25
A) True B) False 26
A) hunting B) encroachment on natural habitat C) alteration of natural habitat D) All of these are human interference that lead to extinction. 27
A) True B) False 28
A) sympatric B) parapatric C) allopatric D) Reproductive isolation can be tested with any of these. 29
A) geographic isolation B) gametic incompatibility C) hybrid disadvantage D) hybrid sterility 30
A) the peppered moth B) the cheetah C) domestic dogs D) Darwin's finches E) all of the above 31
A) hybrid sterility B) courtship rituals C) physical separation D) seasonal reproduction E) environmental requirements 32
A) True B) False
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