First Law of Geography (1.3)

8/27/2018

Central Question: How did the continents get their shape, and how does that impact the distribution of plants and animals?

Guiding Thought Question: Explain how Tobler's Law of geography will relate to the distribution of plants and animals around the planet's surface.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the connections between the movement of the continents and the impact that has on the distribution of plants and animals. Students will be able to explain the mechanisms by which that happens, and the observations that led scientists to develop the theory.

23 Comments

Audrey Anderson

8/27/2018 08:56:14 am

Tobler's first law suggests that plants and animals that are geographically closer will be more closely related.

Hailey

8/27/2018 08:57:25 am

continental drift? plants relocate and adapt

Erica Griffith

8/27/2018 08:57:57 am

It relates because everything is related in some way, but the closer the creatures are to each other, the more similar they are.

Katherine

8/27/2018 08:58:45 am

To uncover the mysteries of the past, a biogeographer must look at more than the distance between areas.

Haley E

8/27/2018 08:59:12 am

everything comes from somewhere, but as they spread out they change to adapt to the new areas. The ones that are close to each other are more likely to be closer related to one that is further away.

Natalie

8/27/2018 09:00:20 am

Plants and animals need go where they are able to adapt

Tyler Mathews

8/27/2018 09:00:30 am

Tobler's First Law of Geography says that the close things are closely related to other things, so animals and plants that are close will have most of the same features and a lot of the same genetic make-up.

Tyrece Griggs

8/27/2018 09:01:00 am

The continents got there shape because of how they were split when the big land mass (Pangea) split into piece and stared to move the animal spieces of plants and animals around the world.

Nyx

8/27/2018 09:01:01 am

When everything was split up and the word was recovering from continental drift the animal and plant species that are closer are more related

Eleanor Dunning

8/27/2018 09:01:07 am

Before the continental drift and maybe after the seeds from plants could've grabbed onto animals and traveled with them to other places. Similar to burrs.

Madeline Jaksha

8/27/2018 09:01:22 am

Plants and animals that are geographically closer together will have more in common with their adaptations and features than animals that live on different sides of a continent.

Hannah

8/27/2018 09:02:17 am

Tobler's Law of geography relates to the distribution of plants and animals because those that are close geographically have a higher chance of being closely related.

Grace Bieber

8/27/2018 09:02:20 am

Vicariance and dispersal! duh

abby patterson link

8/27/2018 09:02:32 am

the Continental drift happened and the plates moved so the countries moved and the water changed the shape of the contents. The animals relocate and adapt as time and weather changes. cool beans.

Olivia Wagner

8/27/2018 09:02:41 am

Before the splitting of the continents all animals and plants were in closer contact, explaining that everything is related but closer things are more related which is Tobler’s law of geography

Julie Ferro

8/27/2018 09:02:52 am

The continents got their shapes by the separation of Pangea, erosion and volcanic build up. Tobler's law states that the closer things are the more similar they are.

Myo Ka Zin Soe

8/27/2018 09:03:07 am

Tobler’s Law of geography is related to the distribution of plants and animals because it proves that everything on the planet is related in some way and that Pangea does exist because near things are related more than far things.

jeroeim

8/27/2018 09:05:10 am

The closer they are the more related to eachother they should be

Makenna Danner

8/27/2018 09:06:52 am

plants and animals that are separated due the continental drift will adapt.

Kinlee

8/28/2018 12:20:42 pm

it helps show that yes, the emus are similar to the ostriches but the emu has other animals in its area that it has similar relations to because they do live closer together and have the same environment then the emu does with the ostriches

Makenna Parks

8/28/2018 12:23:13 pm

It says that every animal is related in some way, but the closer they are/were geographically, the closer related they will be.

Jessica Lloyd

8/28/2018 12:58:05 pm

Continents got their shape from earthquakes and tectonic plates. Things that are closer are more related because of the different climates, and plants and animals adapt to their environments.

Bailey

8/30/2018 12:42:30 pm

The continents are shaped the way they are because they separated from Pangea and the animals and plants got moved apart with the continents.

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