Question

Your family is taking a long driving vacation across the midwestern and western United States. As you travel, you notice that the flowers, birds, and trees of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains are very different. As you ponder why, you remember that such differences in the distribution of species are part of the field of ______.

Answer 1

Answer: The differences in the distribution of species are part of the field of:

BIOGEOGRAPHY.

Explanation: Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that studies the distribution of plants.

Zoogeography is the branch that studies distribution of animals.