Okay, my teacher assigned this homework question, but nothing like this was ever given in our textbook. Suppose that a type of tree tends to speciate over 10 million years and a species of fly tends to speciate over 1 million years. In the event of a mass extinction, which of the following predictions would LIKELY be true?

A.  

It is impossible to determine how many niches or species the trees and flies would lead to over time.

B.  

The trees would fill more niches and create more species than the flies.

C.  

The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees.

D.  

They would both lead to the same number of species.

I am stuck between A, B, and D because A would have merit, as speciation period may not always correlate to have many changes occur, B may have merit because it could be showing a Gradual model of speciation, and D may have merit because they might both just end up as the one species described? Any help, not even an answer but guidance would be really great.

Okay, my teacher assigned this homework question, but nothing like this was ever given in our textbook. Suppose that a type of tree tends to speciate over 10 million years and a species of fly tends to speciate over 1 million years. In the event of a mass extinction, which of the following predictions would LIKELY be true?

• A) It is impossible to determine how many niches or species the trees and flies would lead to over time.
• B) The trees would fill more niches and create more species than the flies.
• C) The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees.
• D) They would both lead to the same number of species.

I am stuck between A, B, and D because A would have merit, as speciation period may not always correlate to have many changes occur, B may have merit because it could be showing a Gradual model of speciation, and D may have merit because they might both just end up as the one species described? Any help, not even an answer but guidance would be really great.

Okay, my teacher assigned this homework question, but nothing like this was ever given in our textbook. Suppose that a type of tree tends to speciate over 10 million years and a species of fly tends to speciate over 1 million years. In the event of a mass extinction, which of the following predictions would LIKELY be true? A.
It is impossible to determine how many niches or species the trees and flies would lead to over time.

B.  

The trees would fill more niches and create more species than the flies.

C.  

The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees.

D.  

They would both lead to the same number of species. I am stuck between A, B, and D because A would have merit, as speciation period may not always correlate to have many changes occur, B may have merit because it could be showing a Gradual model of speciation, and D may have merit because they might both just end up as the one species described? Any help, not even an answer but guidance would be really great.

Okay, my teacher assigned this homework question, but nothing like this was ever given in our textbook. Suppose that a type of tree tends to speciate over 10 million years and a species of fly tends to speciate over 1 million years. In the event of a mass extinction, which of the following predictions would LIKELY be true?

A.  

It is impossible to determine how many niches or species the trees and flies would lead to over time.

B.  

The trees would fill more niches and create more species than the flies.

C.  

The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees.

D.  

They would both lead to the same number of species.

I am stuck between A, B, and D because A would have merit, as speciation period may not always correlate to have many changes occur, B may have merit because it could be showing a Gradual model of speciation, and D may have merit because they might both just end up as the one species described? Any help, not even an answer but guidance would be really great.