Question

Wallace's Line refers to: Group of answer choices1. the fault in Australia where earthquakes are particularly severe 2. the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species 3. the middle ridge of the Great Dividing Range 4. the place at which Australian waters are divided from New Zealand waters 5. the dividing line between the Southern and Pacific oceans

Answer 1

Answer: 2

The line separating Australian animal species from non Australian species.

Explanation:

The Wallace Line was a federal line drawn in 1859 by naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace. Its transitional zone is also referred to as WALLACEA.

Plants and animals related to Asian species are found to the North-west. Australasian species are found mainly to the South-east, with some Asian species.

Answer 2

Answer:

2. the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species

Explanation:

The Wallace line is an animal boundary line drawn by Alfred Wallace that separates Australian fauna species from non-Australian fauna species. It's a transitional zone between Austrialia and the Asia continent. The animals found in south East Asia is so much different from those found in Australia, hence the line drawn. The line is just one of the many biogeographical borders in the world separating geographical regions with not so similar group of plants and animals.