Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Evolution and Natural Selection ~ Misconception ENM066

The way to determine whether two organism are different species is to compare their ecological differences (for example, what the organisms eat or where the organisms live) (AAAS Project 2061, n.d.).

Items that test for misconception ENM066 in this project (Evolution) and key idea (New species can arise when barriers…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
SP001001	If individuals from two populations of fish (cichlids) cannot reproduce with each other, that is evidence that they are two different species.	40%
SP002002	If individuals from two populations of birds (Meadowlarks) cannot reproduce with each other, that is evidence that they are two different species.	29%