Biogeography Quiz

What is biogeography?

• The study of how and why plants and animals live where they do

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The study of weather patterns

• The study of human behavior

Which statement is correct for Peter and Rosemary Grant's study on Darwin's finches done in the 1970s?

• Birds with bigger beaks survived the drought and reproduced

• Birds with smaller beak size survived the drought and reproduced

• After two years of drought, the average beak size had decreased

• The Grant study could prove the evolution of finches by artificial selection

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What is adaptive radiation?

• The process of natural selection

• The process of migrating to different places

• The process of adapting to a new environment

• The process by which a single species evolves into many new species to fill available niches

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What is the main focus of biogeography?

• How to preserve natural habitats

• How to breed animals for specific traits

• How to grow different types of plants

• How and why plants and animals live where they do

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What is the evidence for evolution provided by biogeography?

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The study of human behavior

• The study of weather patterns

• Island biogeography that yields evidence for evolution

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What is an example of island biogeography that provides evidence of evolution?

• The adaptation of animals to different environments

• The migration of camels to different parts of the world

• The birds called finches that Darwin studied on the Galápagos Islands

• The study of rocks and minerals on islands

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What did the drought on the Galápagos Islands observed by the Grants result in?

• The average beak size remained the same

• Birds with bigger beaks died and birds with smaller beaks survived and reproduced

• The birds migrated to a different location

• Birds with smaller beaks died and birds with bigger beaks survived and reproduced

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What did the study of Darwin's finches by Peter and Rosemary Grant in the 1970s prove?

• Evolution of finches by natural selection

• Decrease in the number of finch species

• No significant changes in the finch population

• Evolution of finches by artificial selection

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Which of these is the best definition of biogeography?

• The study of how and why plants and animals live where they do.

• The study of how and why plants affect each other and the environment.

• The study of how and why plants evolve to compensate for changes in habitats.

• None of these are definitions of biogeography.

When looking at camel biogeography it is clear that they evolved adaptations that suited them for the particular environment where they lived. Through natural selection, descendants of the original camel ancestors evolved the diversity they have today.

• true

• false

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