10 as discussed in the text long term continental

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10
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As discussed in the text, long-term continental drift had significant evolutionary
ramifications because
a. groups of animals were no longer isolated from each other by oceans.
b. groups of animals were isolated from each other by oceans.
c. scientists can map the changes that occurred.
d. geological activities induced volcanic activities which decimated populations of placental
mammals.
e. the distribution of mammals and other land vertebrates were unaffected.
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11
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Development of a mammalian brain requires all of the following except: 12
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The diversification of the mammals occurred mostly during the 13
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What is the term for the rapid expansion and diversification of groups of
organisms into newly available ecological niches?
14 The diversification of reptiles facilitated by the evolution of the reptilian egg is a

. good example of which of the following?
a. parallel evolution
b. adaptive radiation
c. devolution
d. homology
e. specialization
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15
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The theory that macroevolution proceeds as the result of gradual
microevolutionary change