Over Evolutionary Time, Flowering Plants Have Evolved Colors, Odors, and Nectar

question 28

Multiple Choice

Over evolutionary time, flowering plants have evolved colors, odors, and nectar that attract pollinating insects, and the insects have evolved mechanisms that detect the changes in plants and to better collect pollen. This is an example of ____.

• A) allopatric speciation
• B) phylogenetic change
• C) coevolution
• D) a key innovation
• E) sympatric speciation

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