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#Question id: 16961


Which statements is not true for Divergent evolution?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
  1. Change in gene pool results in sudden evolution of new population, species, family, groups
  2. At molecular level, Similar group of organisms with mutations and variations getting  naturally selected in different environments
  3. Divergent selection is the accumulation of differences between closely related populations  between a species
  4. found in different habitat and leading to speciation
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#Question id: 9164

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figures to answer the question below.


East of the Mississippi River, in Hopkinsville Kentucky, the mean annual precipitation is 130 cm. The mean annual temperature is 14.3°C. In the winter, the mean temperature is 7.3°C, while in summer it is 20.6°C. Using the climograph shown here, how would we classify the biome found in Hopkinsville?


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#Question id: 9163

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figures to answer the question below


Based on the data in the figures, which of the following statements are correct?

I) Area 1 would be considered a desert because of its high average temperature.

II) Area 1 has more average precipitation than Area 2.

III) Area 2 would be considered a desert because of its low average precipitation.

IV) Area 2 has a larger annual temperature variation.

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#Question id: 9159

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following investigations would shed the most light on the future distribution of organisms in temperate regions that are faced with climate change?

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#Question id: 9157

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

At 15-30°N, air masses formed over the Pacific Ocean are moved by prevailing westerlies, where they encounter extensive north-south mountain ranges. Which statement best describes the outcome of this encounter between a landform and an air mass?

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#Question id: 9156

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Generalized global air circulation and precipitation patterns are caused by ________.

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#Question id: 9153

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Imagine some cosmic catastrophe jolts Earth so that its axis is perpendicular to the orbital plane between Earth and the sun. The most obvious effect of this change would be ________.