Question

When examining the fossil record, a large environmental change, like an asteroid hitting the earth and wiping out a number of species, followed by adaptive radiation, would best be described by what kind of model?

a: habitat preference
b: punctuated equilibrium
c: temporal isolation
d: allopolyploidy
e: gradual speciation

Answer 1

The Answer is B: Punctuated Equilibrium

Step-by-step explanation:

Punctuated equilibrium describes how the process of evolution works and are usually coined from first appearance and subsequent histories and number species available in the fossil record.