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Questions

1. Define Biogeography. Give two examples of biogeographic patterns. What two patterns or explanations do we have for the disjunct (not connected) distribution of organisms?

2. What is extinction? What kinds of factors would lead to the extinction of organisms (think about where and how organisms live and how that would make them vulnerable)? What factors in the last few hundred years has increased extinction rate?

3. What is a mass extinction? Describe one such event and discuss the likely causes for that extinction event.

4. Describe the interaction between the Lissopimpla excelsa wasp and the tongue orchid. What kind of intimate interaction is this? Explain.

5. Define coevolution. What kinds of interactions produce coevolution? Describe two examples of this pattern.

6. What is a mutualism? What kind of interaction is this? Give two examples of this pattern. How would evolution change this interaction over time?

7. What is a primate? What characteristics do all primates share? What are these characteristics good for? What does this tell us about where and how the earliest primates lived?

8. What are the major groups of primates? How would we distinguish between these groups? Where do each of these groups of organisms live?

9. Describe the general pattern of human evolution. What features evolved and in what sequence?

10. What makes us human? Are all of these features unique to us? What are the features that are used to identify humans and specifically Homo sapiens?

11. What are symbioses? How many ways do symbiotic partners interact? What distinguishes a symbiosis form other intimate partnerships?