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ENVS 101 EXAM 1 Review
ENVS 101 EXAM 1 Review
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1
in general what is the average trophic level efficiency, or energy passed to the next trophic level
~20%
~5%
~10%
~15%
2
Sustainable path in business can be applied with
The economic UN plan
The Triple Bottom Line
The Bottom Line Plan
The people and planet plan
3
Ways ecosystems control important conditions & processes such as climate, the flow of water and absorption of pollutant
Cultural Services
Provisioning Services
Supporting Services
Regulating Services
4
Which of the following is NOT a source of change in terms of sustainability
The world is changing
The world is changing us
We are changing the world
We are changing
5
Two species that directly compete for essential resources cannot coexist (one displaces the other)
intraspecies competition
competitive exclusion principle
interspecies competition
niche differentiation
6
Bird lice live on and feed off of bird feathers. The birds suffer discomfort from the lice. this symbiosis is
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Competition
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Ecosystems are constantly changing and they can bounce back from disturbance
True
False
8
Factors whose degree of impact does not depend on the size or density of the population (abiotic factors)
biotic factors
Density-independent factors
Density-dependent factors
common factors
9
Which of the following is NOT a lesson from sustainable management
beware of altering tempo of natural change
copy climate change
be alert of tipping points
Copy Nature
10
Human created borders only affect human being and not the environment
True
False
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community biodiversity can be affected by all EXCEPT
genetic diversity
an individual's traits
Structural complexity
12
Ecosystem stability depends on both positive and negative feedback loops
False
True
13
Many times lions and hyenas are competing for the same types of prey this can be best described as
interspecific competition
trophic levels
Predator Prey interaction
intraspecfic competition
14
Ecosystems contain both biotic and abiotic factors
False
True
15
the image below is an example of
temporal isolation
structural isolation
geographic isolation
behavioral isolation
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In the process of Natural Selection, individuals in a population that are most fit to survive ...
have features that become less common or cease to exist
Leave fewer offspring
Leave more offspring
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Light-colored moths are better camouflaged against a pristine environment; dark-colored peppered moths are best in sooty
Directional Selection
Disruptive Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Dysfunctional Selection
18
which of the following is a threat to biodiversity
overharvesting
natural disturbances
renewable resources
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Sustainable use of Resources requires
An understanding of their rate of renewal
An understanding of their birth rate
An understanding of their rate of decay
An understanding of their doubling time
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a change in the frequency of an inherited trait in a population that is brought about by a chance (random) event
genetic drift
Founder Effect
genetic diversity
natural selection