CFU 1.3 History of Biogeography

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1. IDENTIFY - Prior to the 1700s what was the dominant source of explanations in Europe for the origin of life and their distribution on the earth's surface? *

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Scientific theories like evolution

Religious explanations

Knowledge shared from the Arabic empires

Local knowledge shared by native peoples

2. EXPLAIN why was it so dangerous for naturalists to propose new ideas on the origins of life and the explanation of how animals got to be where they are? (2 possibilities) *

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If their prince (King or queen) did not like their ideas they risked losing their funding or being thrown in jail

The scientific community largely did not accept these ideas yet and new ideas challenged the scientific thought of the time.

Challenging the religious explanations put them at risk of being removed from the church, put in prison, or even executed

Most people could not read yet so it was not helpful to write books since they would not do a lot of good anyway.

3.IDENTIFY What did early naturalists first notice that got them interested in better understanding the distribution of plants and animals (the beginnings of biogeography) *

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Similar species in different areas with slight changes in anatomy

Changes in climate as they sailed from one area to another

In trips to Antarctica they encountered species that they had never before seen

By researching insects in their own backyards

4. DESCRIBE one of the theories that early biogeographers developed to help explain the distribution of plants and animals on the planet (include the name of the person that originated the theory) *

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5. EXPLAIN why plants were such a challenging thing for early naturalists to explain using ideas like the paradisiacal mountain hypothesis, or fitting in to the great flood hypothesis. *

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