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Ch. 52 - An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

Chapter 52, Problem 5

Which statement about dispersal is true? (A)Dispersal is not a component of the life cycles of most plants and animals. (B)Dispersal occurs only on an evolutionary time scale. (C)Colonization of devastated areas after floods or volcanic eruptions depends on dispersal. (D)The ability to disperse does not affect the geographic distribution of a species.

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Hello everyone. And in today's video we have a very short problem. So let's jump straight into it. We have that biological dispersal refers to and we have a series of scenarios that could apply to this term. So let's focus on the word dispersal and find a definition for it. So if you've heard the word before ever, dispersal refers to the movement from one place to another of a certain thing. So in the term of biological dispersal, this could apply to the movement of animals or seeds, which is anything biology related from one place to another. Looking over answer choices were really looking for something that has to do with the movement of animals from one place to another. And if we look at answer choice a the movement of organisms from their birthday site, the breeding site is going to be the only answer choice that has that is dealing with the movement or the dispersal of organisms. And so that is going to be the final answer to our problem. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.