Exam 8: Patterns of Life: Biogeography

Domestication occurs when people change the genetic structure of an organism.

What percent of original energy available in a primary producer would a tertiary consumer receive?

Who first spread the coconut across the Pacific Ocean?

Which is an example of a zoochore?

All biogeographic regions are separated by biogeographic transition zones.

-According to these maps, bird biodiversity is highest in __________.

The coconut was domesticated __________.

What biogeographic transition zone separates the Ethiopian and the Palearctic biogeographic regions?

In the process of photosynthesis, plants take in water and __________ from the atmosphere.

__________ are the best technique to track the migration of butterflies.

_____________ allow unrestricted movement between habitats

What group of plants produces cones and seeds, and reproduce with pollen?

__________ is chemical competition found only in plants.

Almost 25% of all known species are beetles.

Sciophytes are shade-tolerant plants.

Extinction is the permanent and global loss of a species.

Which biogeographic region is North America in?

Oaks and pines never crossed the equator to the Southern Hemisphere due to __________.

The monarch butterfly caterpillar is a generalist.

__________ is the evolutionary process in which two or more unrelated organisms evolve to look alike.