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BIL161 Workshop #3
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1
What is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air today?
400 ppm
200 ppm
800 ppm
500 ppm
2
Silman and his crew have tagged every tree over what diameter?
1 inch
10 inches
2 inches
4 inches
3
Who coined the term "Ocean Acidification"
Darwin
Ken Caldeira
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Lyell
4
True/False: Ocean acidification results in excessive calcification in marine environments
False
True
5
What biodiversity "hot spot" did the author visit in Chapter 8?
Glacier National Park
Manu National Park
Ranthambore National Park
Death Valley
6
What two organisms that make up reefs share a keystone symbiotic relationship?
Polyps and forams
Clownfish and anemones
Polyps and zooxanthellae
Sponges and coral
7
True/False: Manu is important because it is a massive unbothered chunk of one uniform, unchanging forest community.
True
False
8
What are ice ages initiated by?
Migration of species towards the poles, melting polar ice
Volcanic eruptions that melt polar ice
Changes in orbit
Solar flares
9
True/False: Silman calls his group the "sunshine lab."
False
True
10
Who was the first European to encounter the Great Barrier Reef?
Charles Darwin
Captain Kidd
Henry Morgan
Captain Cook
11
How are the variety of life and warm weather related?
Only trees and climate types are correlated
Negatively correlated
Positively correlated
No correlation
12
Which is not a theory for why more species live in the tropics?
Tropics host kinder conditions, so a wider range of organisms thrives there
Tropical species are finicky
Tropics are old, so they give more time for species to accumulate
The evolutionary clock ticks faster there
13
What gas is bubbling out of vents in the seafloor where the African and Eurasian plates meet?
Sulfur dioxide
Ozone
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
14
What was the purpose of the coca leaves?
To identify a new tree species
To diminish hunger
To alleviate pain
To detract insects
15
Who sifted through the data on every single tree from the first recensus in 2007?
Silman
Agassiz
Kolbert
Feeley
16
Where did the first evidence that CO2 could kill a reef come from?
Sydney
Belize
Utah
Arizona
17
What was the route from the research station to DK-13 nicknamed?
"Plankton path"
"Acid trip"
"Algal highway"
"Reef route"
18
True/False: The Biosphere 2 experiment was largely a failure.
False
True
19
True/False: Overfishing is a major threat to reefs.
True
False
20
True/False: Most species around today can be described as cold-adapted.
True
False
21
What color were the egg-sperm bundles/larvae?
Pink
Orange
White
Green
22
What kind of marine organism turns sections of the sea white at some points in the year?
Ammonite
Coccolithophore
Zooplankton
Whale carcasses
23
What do all reef-building organisms have in common?
Sensitive to environmental change
Highly resistant to enviornmental change
Primarily scleractinian coral makeup
Reefs composed of limestone
24
True/False: Rudi Cruz wanted to look for toads to study the chytrid fungus.
False
True
25
True/False: Biodiversity increases closer to the vent zones.
True
False
26
How many eggs does each coral egg-sperm bundle carry?
1-2
Thousands
20-40
10-15
27
True/False:
Nature
immediately published the results of Caldeira's ocean injection paper due to their alarming nature.
False
True
28
True/False: We have a deep understanding of how corals synchronize their spawning.
True
False
29
Who was more accurate in their description of reef formation?
Lyell
Sebastian the Ibis
Darwin
Feeley
30
True/False: One Tree Island has no trees on it.
True
False
31
True/False: Snorkeling at One Tree revealed a bustling ecosystem and high biodiversity.
True
False
32
What is the highest saturation state on the planet today?
3
2
5
4
33
True/False: Ocean acidification affects metabolism, enzyme activity, and protein function.
False
True
34
What will ocean pH be by century's end, assuming the trends stay constant?
7.8
10.4
8.0
6.3
35
What midnight occurrence awoke the author?
The discovery of a new species
A government agency established to regulate sale of coca
Monkeys passing through the trees
The team observing a meteor shower
36
True/False: Silva and his crew traveled remarkably light.
False
True
37
True/False: The greatest discovery of Silman's group is that of a new
family
of tree species.
True
False
38
At what rate did global warming drive tree genuses up the mountain?
2 ft/yr
10 m/year
12 ft/yr
8 ft/yr
39
True/False: The author noted the surprising absence of seabirds at One Tree.
False
True
40
True/False: Corals aren't influenced by the saturation state as long as it stays above 1.
False
True
41
Which of the following belongs to the group of organisms known as calcifers?
Seagrass
Sponges
Crustaceans
Coral
42
True/False: Ocean acidification is another term for climate change.
False
True
43
What body of water is Castello Aragonese found in?
Ionian Sea
Bering Strait
Aegean Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
44
True/False: Silman and his crew recensus the trees annually.
True
False
45
True/False: Carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form a base.
False
True
