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Animal Distribution And Movement

Test Description: Questions on zoogeography, home range, territory, migration, homing.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Major distribution of vertebrate families can be explained by all of the following EXCEPT:

AThe influence of climate changes such as ice ages. BThe connection of land bridges between continents. CThe separation of continental plates during the breakup of Pangaea. DThe marking of boundaries by passive advertisement.

2) Which of the following continents is included in the Neotropical faunal realm?

ASouth America BAustralia CAfrica DNorth America

3) The Himalaya Mountains were created by the joining of which two faunal realms?

ANearctic and Palearctic BPalearctic and Oriental CNearctic and Oriental DPalearctic and Ethiopian

4) Which of the following is defined as the area around which an organism moves as it gathers food?

Afaunal realm Bpassive boundary Chome range Dterritory

5) Which of the following is NOT an example of passive advertisement?

AMusk from glands rubbed on plants. BScratches left on trees. CFecal pellets DHackles of a dog standing on end.

6) Which of the following is most likely a cosmopolitan species?

Aostriches Bcrows Cpenguins Dhumpback whale

7) Which of the following is NOT a physical barrier to dispersal?

AValleys BHumidity CMountains DWater currents.

8) Which of the following is an example of dispersal?

AThe annual movement of gray whales from polar to temperate waters. BThe gradual increase in range of starlings. CThe movement of young male lions to new prides. DThe seasonal movement of deer from north to south facing slopes.

9) Which of the following navigational methods is used by bees?

Acelestial cues from the sun Bmagnetic cues from the earth Csound waves Dcelestial cues from the moon

10) Which of the following is NOT true about home ranges?

ACarnivores typically have larger home ranges than herbivores. BVery young and very old organisms usually have small home ranges. CThe parent that feeds the offspring has the largest home range. DFlies, birds, and bats do not necessarily follow the rules of home range size.

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