Multiple Choice
__________ is the term used to describe remarkably rapid evolutionary expansions of one or more phyla, classes, orders, or families during brief intervals of geologic time.
A) Taxonomic grouping
B) Ecologic competition
C) Evolutionary radiations
D) Adaptive breakthroughs
Correct Answer:
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Q1: The typical pattern of evolutionary radiation, such
Q2: _ undergo mutation without any effect on
Q3: Mutation of _ can profoundly modify an
Q5: During a 12-million year interval within Jurassic,
Q6: Using the molecular clock method for determining
Q7: Cope's rule says that _ tends to
Q8: The evolutionary radiation of the highly distinctive
Q9: The cornerstone of modern genetics, which was
Q10: The single largest mass extinction in Earth's
Q11: Darwin's observations on the common ancestry of