Divergent Evolution
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Describe one example of adaptive radiation.
Explain homologous organs.
What do you mean by divergent evolution?
- mass extinction
- convergent evolution
- industrial melanism
- adaptive radiation
Are Dinosaurs still alive?
Homologous organs have
Same origin and same function
Same origin and different function
Different origin and same function
Different origins and different function
When two species of different genealogy come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation the phenomenon is termed:
Convergent evolution
Coevolution
Divergent evolution
Microevolution
- Adaptive evolution
- Divergent evolution
- Convergent evolution
- Embryological evolution
(i) Forelimbs of whales and bats
(ii) Tuber of potato and sweet potato
(iii) Eyes of octopus and mammals
(iv) Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita
(b) State the kind of evolution they represent. [2]
What are the various evidences in the favour of evolution?
For these mammals, the number, position, and shape of the bones must likely indicates that they may have
- identical methods of obtaining food
- identical genetic makeup
- similar original ancestor
- developed in a common environment
What evidences come from homologous organs and analogous organs in favor of evolution?
- Eye of Octopus and mammals
- Sweet potato and potato
- Wings of butterfly and birds
- Forelimbs of whales and bats
What is the explanation for the survival of green beetles in red beetles population, where crows are predators? How is it possible?
What is divergent evolution?
- Wings of bat and pigeon
- Vertebrate hearts and brains
- Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita
- Flippers of dolphin and forelimbs of horse
What is the difference between homologous and analogous structures ?
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- a-tendril, b-thorn, c-Cucurbita, d-Bougainvillea
- b-tendril, a-thorn, d-Cucurbita, c-Bougainvillea
- b-tendril, a-thorn, c-Cucurbita, d-Bougainvillea
- a-tendril, b-thorn, c-Cucurbita, d-Bougainvillea
The bones of forelimbs of whale, bat, cheetah and man are similar in structure, because:
they share a common ancestor
they perform the same function
one organism has given rise to another
they have biochemical similarities
- They perform the same function
- They share a common ancestor
- One organism has given rise to another
- They have biochemical similarities
- Convergent evolution
- Divergent evolution
- Adaptive radiation
- Parallel evolution
Formation of one or more spaces from an ancestor species is what speciation
Which one of the following is considered as common ancestor of old world monkeys, apes and man?
- convergent
- divergent
- parallel
- linear
- Cell
- Clade
- Organism
- Population
- Species