Unit 28 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

Wallace's Line was drawn to separate Australia's unique faunal assemblage from that of:
a) Southeast Asia
b) South America
c) New Zealand
d) the Pacific realm
e) Ethiopia

Question 2:

Convergent evolution is particularly evident in the zoogeographic realm called the:
a) Nearctic
b) Neotropic
c) Paleoarctic
d) Paleotropic
e) Australian

Question 3:

The Galapagos Islands were first used as a laboratory for biogeographical studies by:
a) von Humboldt
b) Wallace
c) Darlington
d) Darwin
e) the ancient Indomalayans

Question 4:

The zoogeographic realm that blankets North America is called the:
a) Paleotropic
b) Paleoarctic
c) Pacific
d) Neotrophic
e) Nearctic

Question 5:

The lengthening of the evolving giraffe's neck to better feed on the higher branches of trees demonstrates the concept of:
a) convergent evolution
b) adaptation
c) animal ranges
d) all of these
e) none of these

Question 6:

Prolonged isolation and the effects of separate evolution mark the zoogeographic realm known as the:
a) Palearctic
b) Indomalayan
c) Australian
d) Neotropic
e) Pacific

Question 7:

Australia and New Zealand share the same zoogeographic realm.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Marsupials are unique to the Australian zoogeographic realm.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

The Paleotropic zoogeographic realm blankets most of Africa south of the Sahara.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

North America and South America belong to the same zoogeographic realm.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Zoogeographic regions are spatially embedded within larger zoogeographic realms.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The lessons learned by studying island biogeography can apply to other isolated and/or inaccessible places, such as the tops of steep-sided hills.
a) True
b) False

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