The Evolution of One Species into Two or More Species

question 1

Multiple Choice

The evolution of one species into two or more species as a result of different populations becoming reproductively isolated from each other is best termed as ________.

• A) adaptive radiation
• B) creationism
• C) natural selection
• D) prototype

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Definitions:

Lower Tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test where the critical area of a distribution is in its lower tail, used to determine if a sample mean is significantly lower than a known or assumed population mean.

Test Statistic

A statistic calculated from sample data, used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in a hypothesis test.

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a statement or assumption that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the default or starting assumption in statistical hypothesis testing.

Normal Approximation

A method used in statistics to approximate binomial distributions with normal distributions when sample sizes are large, under certain conditions.