The red fox lives in temperate regions and has a dark, reddish coat to help it hide from predators.  The kit fox is sandy-colored and blends in with its desert surroundings.  This is an example of closely related organisms evolving in different directions and becoming increasingly different.  Which term best describes this pattern?Group of answer choicesMutationFounder effectDivergent evolutionConvergent evolution

In the winter, the fur of the arctic fox is white.  In summer, the fur darkens to a reddish brown.  What most likely causes the fur of the fox to change color? A. the amount of sunlight present B. the fox’s habitat C. the fox’s genes D. the fox’s age

The rock pocket mice in the American Southwest living on light-colored sand tend to have light-colored coats, while mice living on patches of dark-colored rock have mostly dark-colored coats. The rock pocket mice fur color in different parts of the Sonoran Desert is an example of...natural selection.a phenomenon.artificial selection.sun damage.

According to the theory of evolution, anatomical and molecular homologies should ____________________. Group of answer choicesyield very different hierarchical patternslink all of the species currently present on Earthproduce similar patterns of evolutionary relatednessbe completely independent of each other

Gradual genetic changes in organisms from an ancestral species describesMultiple choice question.coevolution in similar habitats.descent with modification.artificial selection based on specific traits.

Which pattern of evolution results in one species splitting into many over time?Group of answer choicesconvergent evolutionsexual selectiondivergent evolutioncoevolution