Question

What is an adaptive radiation?

a. a kind of mutation caused by radiation
b. a cluster of similar adaptations in a species
c. a rapid increase in the number of related species
d. an organism that is capable of producing radiation

Answer 1

c. a rapid increase in the number of related species. Adaptive radiation refers to an event in which a particular linage of organism rapidly diversifies into newly formed lineages that have evolved with different adaptations.

Answer 2

The correct answer: C

Adaptive radiation can be defined as the process by which organisms diversify rapidly into new species from a common ancestral species. Any change in the environment conditions creates new challenges and the species become adaptable to the changes, survive and reproduce to increase in population.