TMA1/BIO308

TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/BIO308
SCORE=9.50
BIO308 - Biogeography
Mr. Adams Abiodun (aadams@noun.edu.ng )
1 The study of the distribution of plants and animals throughout the world is refered to as Geography Biotechnology Geomorphism Biogeography 2 Which of these is true? each of the continents has the same fauna and flora each of the continents has its own distinctive fauna and flora each of the continents has the same fauna but different flora each of the continents has the same flora but different fauna 3 Biogeographers have identified how many floral and faunal regions in the world? 3 4 5 6 4 Which of these is very correct? Biogeography is a biological science Biogeography is a synthetic science Biogeography is a chemical science non of the options 5 Which of these is not a definition of Biogeography? Biogeography is a branch of geography that studies the past and present distribution of the world's many species Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species spatially and temporally Biogeography aims to reveal where organisms live, at what abundance, and why they are (or are not) found in a certain geographical area non of the options 6 Which of these scientists co authored "The Theory of Island Biogeography” ? Wallace Watson Wilson non of the options 7 Which of these scientists originated the work: "The Theory of Island Biogeography" ? Wilson and Wallace Wilson and Watson Wallace Watson and Wallace 8 The Theory of Island Biogeography was published in the year 1965 1966 1967 1968 9 Which of the following may not be classified as a field of Biogeography? historical biogeography ecological biogeography conservation biogeography chemical biogeography 10 Which of these field of biogeography is called paleobiogeography? historical biogeography ecological biogeography conservation biogeography non of the options 11 Which of the following looks at current factors responsible for the distribution of plants and animals? historical biogeography ecological biogeography conservation biogeography biotechnology 12 Paleotropics are mostly found in most of these regions except Africa Asia Australia Caribbean 13 Which of these regions is classified as a neotropic? Africa Asia Australia Caribbean 14 Which of these combination of tropics or regions can be refered to as Pantropics? Africa and Asia Australia and a Neotropic Caribbean and South America Asia and Carribbean 15 The characteristics that distinguish tropical species of trees from those of temperate forests include all of the following except Exceptionally thick bark Cauliflory Large fleshy fruits Exceptionally thin bark 16 Tropical plant species frequently possess one or more of the following attributes not seen in trees of higher latitudes except Buttresses Large leaves Drip tips All of the options 17 All of these are examples of temperate plants except Maple Oak Willow All of the options 18 Which of these represents monkeys? Toucans Boa Constrictors Orangutans non of the options 19 The largest snake in the world mostly found in marshes and swamps is called Toucans Orangutans Anaconda non of the options 20 Capybara refers to which of these? Snake Monkeys Tigers Rodents