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Dragonflies are more closely related to crickets than to flies.

Extra Credit (5pts): Earth’s history shows repeated patterns of mass extinction followed by adaptive radiation. Explain how these two processes are connected and how they have shaped biodiversity over time.

Which of the following factors is the primary criterion for determining species boundarieswhen applying the biological species concept?

Beetles and moths are equally related to ants

When a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, evolutionary forces are acting upon it.

The Dunkers are a religious group that moved from Germany to Pennsylvania in the 1700sand do not marry outside their community. Today, they differ genetically from their original population and other populations. Which mechanism best explains this?

Many crustaceans (e.g., lobsters, shrimp, and crayfish) use their tails to swim, but crabshave reduced tails that curl under their shells and are not used in swimming. This is anexample of ________.

Most Swiss starlings produce four to five eggs in each clutch. Starlings producing fewer or more than this have reduced fitness. Which of the following terms best describes thissituation?

In a remote region, a river system once united a diverse population of a single fish species.However, due to geological processes, a massive land formation, named Mount Aquarius, emerged, and divided the river into two separate water bodies–River A to the east and River B to the west. This physical barrier effectively isolated the fish populations on either side. How does the emergence of Mount Aquarius contribute to allopatric speciation in fish in this scenario?

Analyze the following passages using the topoi to the best of your ability and/or connecting it to our course themes or discussion. The following passage comes from Deaf Republic: At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you all all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?