Unit II Test - Principles of Biogeography
Answer the following questions based on the information covered in Unit II - Principles of Biogeography. Each question is worth 3 points. There are a total of 12 questions but students only need to answer 10, if you answer more than 10 than I will take the scores from your top 10 responses. Some of the questions will be required and count towards you total number of 10. All responses should be about a paragraph long, but need to answer all parts of the question.
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Question 1 - Answer the Following series of questions based on the image below. (REQUIRED)
1.a. DEFINE - Species Energy Theory *
1. b. IDENTIFY the location in which you would expect to have the highest biodiversity based on species energy theory. The next highest. And the lowest (in that order) *
1.C.  Explain your reasoning from question 1.b., make sure to include specific reference to the locations on the map *
2. Answer the following series of questions using the image below (REQUIRED)
2.a. IDENTIFY - the two forms of maps represented in the image above (must correctly identify both for the point) *
2.b. EVALUATE - Which form of map is a better way to represent the distribution of lemurs in this particular region of Madagascar? Make a clear assertion and support with reasoning that includes the strengths and the limitations of each particular map depiction. *
3. Answer the following series of questions using the image below of the effect of the Himalayas on Species Adaptations (REQUIRED)
3.a. DESCRIBE - The climate conditions North of the Himalayas versus South of the Himalayas as can be guessed based upon the adaptations of the species above. *
3.b IDENTIFY - a biogeographic concept (other than Adaptation) being represented by the image above. *
3.c. EXPLAIN - how that particular concept is represented in the image. (Must have a reasonable answer for this in order to get the point for 1.a.) *
Question 4 - Answer the following series of questions based on the map below.
4.a. IDENTIFY - Based on the map above which species of Pangolin appears to be the most Cosmopolitan?
Clear selection
4.b. DEFINE - Endemism
4.c. EVALUATE - Which species of pangolin should conservation efforts focus on? (Assuming all species of pangolin are equally endangered). Explain your answer by making specific reference to the map and mapped species above. (Exclude the extinct species)
Question 5 - Answer the following series of questions based on the image below.
5.a. Explain two specific adaptations that this particular species has and a plausible explanation for having these adaptations.
5.b. EVALUATE - What type of biome would you expect the animal pictured above to live in based on its adaptations?
Question 6 - Answer the following series of questions around the concept of ancestral biota (REQUIRED)
6.a. DEFINE - Invasive species and how it connects to the concept of Ancestral Biota *
6.b. EXPLAIN - why an understanding of Phylogeography is important into understanding whether or not a species is part of the ancestral biota of a specific location. *
6.c. EVALUATE - Should species who are Allochthonous Endemic be considered to be part of the Ancestral Biota? *
Question 7 - Answer the following series of questions using the map below.
7.a. IDENTIFY - which species' range above would better be described as disjuncted?
Clear selection
7.b. EXPLAIN - one of the process by which the disjunction of a range can happen.
7.c. EXPLAIN TO THE DEGREE - the effect that a Disjunct range can have an affect on speciation? Using the species portrayed on the map as an example.
Question 8 - Answer the following series of questions below using the example of a Polar Bear.
8.a  EVALUATE - the influence of Climate Change as a driver of Evolution AND Extinction.
8.b. ANALYZE - the importance of maintaining the Biodiversity of a region intact using the concept of Trophic Cascades or Keystone species, and using Polar Bears as an example.
Question 9 - Answer the following series of questions using the Panthera genus cladogram below
9.a IDENTIFY - which species of cat is most closely related to the Leopard (Panthera Pardus)
Clear selection
9.b. EXPLAIN the importance of Phylogeography in understanding the evolutionary histories of species like the Panthera Genus? Provide an example to accentuate your point (using the Panthera Genus)
Question 10 Answer the following series of questions using the included definitions and the graph below. (REQUIRED)                                                        +++COMPETITION - Species who have similar resource requirements and share similar space will compete with each other for resources +++MUTUALISM - Relationship where species are benefited more or less equally by the presence of each other                                               +++FACILITATION - Increase in one species directly aids in the growth of species who depend on it.
10.a. DESCRIBE - the correlation between Wolf populations and coyote populations in the Lamar valley between 1994-2008 *
10.b EVALUATE - Is the relationship between Wolves and Coyotes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone more a relationship of facilitation, Mutualism, or Competition? Explain your answer citing specific years and specific trends in coyote and wolf populations. *
11. Answer the following series of questions related to the image below.
11.a. IDENTIFY - A specific species who is benefitted from frequent or semi-frequent fires and explain how. (not necessarily prairie species)
11.a. ANALYZE - how fire ecology can be beneficial for preventing invasive species and preserving ancestral biota using the example of the landscape above.
Question 12 - Answer the following series of questions using the graphic below. (REQUIRED)
12.a. IDENTIFY - Which island is most likely going to have the lowest biodiversity based on the principles of island biodiversity? (Considering all other factors (eg. precipitation, temperature, biome) are equal) *
12. b. EXPLAIN - how does geographic distance affect biodiversity on islands? *
12.c. EXPLAIN - how does geographic size/area affect biodiversity on islands? *
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