3/9 Biogeography

What is is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do?

• Evolution

• Adaptive Radiation

• Biogeography

• Biogeology

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

When an organism enters a new area it _________________________ the resources with the species that already live there. This can force the organism to adapt and evolve to survive.

• must consume all

• enjoys all of

• refuses to interact with

• must compete for

How does Pangaea support the Theory of Evolution? Select all that apply

• It provides an explanation for why similar fossils are found on different continents

• The movement of continents provides an example of a big change in environment that would cause evolutionary pressures that would drive species to evolve

• It explains how the planet became warmer over the years

• It provides evidence that continents are growing in size slowly

What is the main concept behind biogeography and its application as evidence for evolution? Check all that apply

• How biology is taught on other continents.

• Examination of where an organism lived and how the environment influenced its anatomy and traits.

• Examination of where an organism lived and how the environment influenced its anatomy and traits.

• Examination of where an organism lived and how the environment influenced its anatomy and traits.

• Examination of where an organism lived and how the environment influenced its anatomy and traits.