Biogeographical Evidence of Evolution

Question 1

Knowing when and where species existed is important in determining evolutionary and ecological relationships, this is the focus of what?

Answer 1

Biogeography

Question 2

Vicariance

Answer 2

Isolation of population due to geographic barrier

Question 3

may refer to both how plants spread seeds around and to how organisms occupy different geographic locations through movement.

Answer 3

Dispersal

Question 4

proposed this theory of continental drift.

Answer 4

Alfred Wegner

Question 5

This theory suggests that most of today’s continents were once connected.

Answer 5

Continental Drift Theory

Question 6

the changes in the ____________ affected the amount of land available for organisms to thrive in. These patterns may have affected how species were dispersed and how they interacted with each other.

Answer 6

sea level

Question 7

a stretch of land that connected areas in times when sea levels were low, became exposed from underwater.

Answer 7

land bridges

Question 8

refers to the movement of a population away from an area.

Answer 8

Emigration

Question 9

refers to the movement of a population into an area.

Answer 9

Immigration

Question 10

are landforms like mountains and valleys, or bodies of water like rivers and oceans.

Answer 10

Geographical Barriers

Question 11

It refers to a geographic location where multiple species have been proven to have acquired distinct characteristics which may have led to speciation.

Answer 11

center of origin