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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:
A
The connection of land bridges between continents.
B
The influence of climate changes such as ice ages.
C
The separation of continental plates during the breakup of Pangaea.
D
The marking of boundaries by passive advertisement.
2) Which of the following continents is included in the Neotropical faunal realm?
A
Africa
B
North America
C
South America
D
Australia
3) The Himalaya Mountains were created by the joining of which two faunal realms?
A
Nearctic and Palearctic
B
Palearctic and Ethiopian
C
Nearctic and Oriental
D
Palearctic and Oriental
4) Which of the following is defined as the area around which an organism moves as it gathers food?
A
faunal realm
B
home range
C
territory
D
passive boundary
5) Which of the following is NOT an example of passive advertisement?
A
Fecal pellets
B
Musk from glands rubbed on plants.
C
Hackles of a dog standing on end.
D
Scratches left on trees.
6) Which of the following is most likely a cosmopolitan species?
A
ostriches
B
crows
C
humpback whale
D
penguins
7) Which of the following is NOT a physical barrier to dispersal?
A
Water currents.
B
Valleys
C
Mountains
D
Humidity
8) Which of the following is an example of dispersal?
A
The movement of young male lions to new prides.
B
The gradual increase in range of starlings.
C
The seasonal movement of deer from north to south facing slopes.
D
The annual movement of gray whales from polar to temperate waters.
9) Which of the following navigational methods is used by bees?
A
celestial cues from the sun
B
sound waves
C
magnetic cues from the earth
D
celestial cues from the moon
10) Which of the following is NOT true about home ranges?
A
Flies, birds, and bats do not necessarily follow the rules of home range size.
B
The parent that feeds the offspring has the largest home range.
C
Carnivores typically have larger home ranges than herbivores.
D
Very young and very old organisms usually have small home ranges.
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