LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?
A
paleontology
B
geography
C
geology
D
biogeography
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Biogeography is the study of the patterns of geographic distribution of organisms and the factors that determine those patterns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biogeography is the discipline of biology that studies the present and past distribution patterns of biological diversity and their underlying environmental and historical causes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biogeography is a broad and holistic science that examines spatial patterns of biological diversity. Biogeography is a subfield of the discipline of geography (or biology, depending on area of specialization), the study of the spatial distribution of phenomena over the earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biology, geographic distribution is the natural arrangement of various species or taxa of living organisms in their appropriate habitats on the Earth. The study of geographic distribution of all species, and abiotic factors affecting their distribution is known as biogeography.

Detailed explanation-5: -Biogeography, the study of the geographical distribution of organisms, provides information about how and when species may have evolved. Fossils provide evidence of long-term evolutionary changes, documenting the past existence of species that are now extinct.

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