AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A bumble bee has just enough weight to open up the snapdragon flower and pollinate it, while others insects are not able to do this. This is an example of ____
A
convergent evolution
B
co-evolution
C
divergent evolution
D
speciation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of convergent evolution include the relationship between bat and insect wings, shark and dolphin bodies, and vertebrate and cephalopod eyes. Analogous structures arise from convergent evolution, but homologous structures do not.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the difference between coevolution, convergent evolution, and divergent evolution? Coevolution: The mutual evolution of two different species interacting with each other. Convergent Evolution: The process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coevolution, or coevolution, is the reciprocal evolutionary change in a set of interacting populations over time resulting from the interactions between those populations. Usually, the interacting populations are different species, like plant–pollinator, predator–prey, or host–parasite.

Detailed explanation-4: -For that reason, the evolution of one species influences the evolution of species with which it coexists by changing the natural selection pressures those species face. The classic examples of this sort of evolution, called coevolution, are predator-prey and host-parasite relationships.

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