Darwin discovered twenty different species of finches in the galapagos islands. he hypothesized that as new islands arose, finches colonized the islands and rapidly changed into new species, depending on what food was available on each new island. the rapid formation of many new species, as in this case, is called a) gradualism. b) speciation. c) adaptive radiation. d) geographic isolation.

Astore manager timed janette to see how long it would take her to fold and put away a sweater, a shirt, a pair of pants, and a scarf. it took her 26.1 seconds for the shirt, 24.3 seconds for the sweater, 32.8 seconds for the pants, and 18.2 seconds for the scarf. what was the average time it took janette to fold and put away all four items? during a catered lunch, an average of 4 cups of tea are poured per minute. the lunch will last 2 hours. how many gallons of tea should the caterer bring if there are 16 cups in one gallon?

Which measure of an earthquake depends on how close you are to the focus?

Some steps in cell division are shown below: 1. chromosomes condense and pair up 2. segments of dna of sister chromatids twist and cross 3. exchange of dna occurs between chromosomes 4. four daughter cells are created that are haploid which of the following steps is least likely to occur during meiosis 1?