TMA2/BIO308

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BIO308 - Biogeography

Mr. Adams Abiodun (aadams@noun.edu.ng )

1 Animals can act as dispersals of seeds by all of the following except eating fruit and seed and passing the seeds undamaged in faeces eating the fruit but discarding the seed transporting seeds which get caught or stick to the body of the animal non of the options 2 Fruits with bird-dispersal traits are generally vibrantly coloured in all of these except black blue hypnospore non of the options 3 Plants have evolved character traits which protect immature fruits from being eaten. These character traits include all of these except camouflage spines chemicals non of the options 4 A dispersal method which involves rolling down slopes is the Water dispersal Gravity dispersal Wind dispersal all of the options 5 Dispersal and distribution of animals also depends on the animal's psychology locomotory organs physiological endurance all of the options 6 Factors affecting dispersal of animals and plants include all but climate vegetation administration physical barriers 7 Which of these is not a principle in the distribution of animals? Animal species are distributed in areas where they are most adapted Parasites generally disperse with their hosts and predators along with prey Low temperature prevents tropical animals to migrate northwards and polar and temperate animals to migrate southwards non of the options 8 The floristic kingdoms include all of the following except Paleotropical South African Mediterranean Australian 9 The Neotropical floristic Kingdom consist of the following provinces but Caribbean Guayana Highlands Cape Amazonian 10 The Fernandezian floristic provinces belong to which of these floriistic kingdom? Neotropical Antarctic Holarctic non of the options 11 The Boreal Kingdom is a floristic kingdom identified by a horticulturist zoologist botanist florist 12 The Holarctic floristic Kingdom is also known as ----------- kingdom arboreal antarctic boreal australian 13 The holarctic floristic kingdom is divided into ------------------ sub divisions 2 3 4 5 14 Which of the following is the largest floristic region in the world by area? Boreal Holarctic Circumboreal non of the options 15 The Arctic floristic province comprises of all of the following except Greenland Iceland northern treeless parts of Norway non of the options 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia andKosovo belongs to which of these floristic province? Illyrian Province Euxinian Province Caucasian Province Eastern European Province 17 The Transbaikalian floristic Province consist of Parts of Russia and serbia Parts of Russia and Mongolia Parts of Russia and kosovo Parts of Russia and Australia 18 The TETHYAN FLORISTIC SUBKINGDOM is divided into how many regions? 2 3 4 5 19 The Macaronesia floristic region is a modern collective name for several groups of ------- in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa rivers mainlands uplands islands 20 Macaronesia floristic regionsconsists of how many archipelagos? 3 4 5 6