Biogeography and Fossils

What was Pangaea?

• An extinct species of fish

• A super-continent (all the continents connected)

• A large desert that covered all of Africa at one point

• A layer of rock in the rock record from 3.4 million years ago

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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

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Which of the following are evidence to support the theory that Pangaea existed ? Select all that apply

• Similar fossils

• Similar glaciers

• Similar rock evidence

• Same/similar mountain ranges

• Similar ocean levels

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Which of the following correctly lists two continents that used to be connected

• North America and Antarctica

• South America and Asia

• North America and Europe

• Europe and Australia

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What is the name for the concept that the Earth's plates move slowly over the underlying mantle.

• Lithosphere migration

• Law of superposition

• Plate tectonics

• Biogeography

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Which of the following can occur due to plate tectonics? Select all that apply

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic eruptions

• Global Warming

• Mountain formation

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

• Evolution

• Adaptive Radiation

• Biogeography

• Biogeology

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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The Galápagos finches are an example of an array of species that:

• Evolved from a single island species

• interbred to form one new islands species

• Each independently migrated to an island

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Oceanic islands can be home to species found nowhere else on Earth. Why?

• islands are free of diseases and carnivores

• Islands are often isolated, minimizing gene flow and maximizing diversification.

• Islands habitats are more diverse than non-island habitats

• None of the answers apply

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