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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
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
- 5. Multiple Choice
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
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following can occur due to plate tectonics? Select all that apply
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions
Global Warming
Mountain formation
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do?
Evolution
Adaptive Radiation
Biogeography
Biogeology
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileoAlfred WegenerNewton - 9. Multiple Choice
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
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
- 11. Multiple Choice
Biogeography can only help explain the origins of organisms that are mobile like mammals, reptiles, and birds.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
Phylogenetic trees are useful to scientists who are studying biogeography because:
They help scientists reconstruct the movements of organisms across the planet.
They can identify the location of fossils
They reveal which species are more evolved
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich evidence of common ancestry is being studied in this visual?biogeographyfossil recordanatomical homologymolecular homology
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