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AICE Enviro Chap 4
AICE Enviro Chap 4
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What are some examples of captive breeding according to the slides?
American Ringtail
Bearded Vulture
Black-Footed Ferret
Red Wolf
2
Species that exsists in the area intitally.
Pioneer Species
Introduced Species
Native Species
Invasive Species
3
What is not a reason to conserve biodiversity?
Sources of Potential Medicines
Natural Resources
Cultural and Recreational Resources
Build Projects
4
Parent Material is the Mineral Content of Soil
False
True
5
Soil affects the ecosystem as much as Climate and Location
False
True
6
What is the intital species that moves into an ecosystem?
Successive
Intital
Intermediate
Pioneer
7
What factors affect an area's
CLIMATE
?
Latitude, Altitude, Precipitation
Emmisions, Photochemical Smog, Nearby Industrial Plants
Precipitation, Latitude, Permafrost
Global warming, Emmissions, Greedy Big Oil
8
What Is the Purpose of the EDGE program?
To bring attention to and catalyse conservation of endangered species
Work on conserving endangered species in the marine sectors
To do captive breeding and then release animals back into the wild
To work on enforcing legislation of unsustainable tree harvesting.
9
A glacier can lead to secondary sucession
False
True
10
Soil is made up of :
Bugs, Worms, Water, Dirt
Organic Matter, Parent Material, Water, Sand
Bones, Water, Air, Organic Matter
Water, Air, Organic Matter, Parent Material
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
Thin Soil and Short Summers
Thin Soil and Short Winters
Fertile Soil and Mild Summers
Fertile Soil and Warm Summers/Cold Winters
12
Scientists look at the plants in a region because they migrate in the short term.
True
False
13
Climate, Soil Type, and Vegetation
describes what?
Terrestial Biomes
Climate
Aquatic Biomes
Minecraft
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Tropical Rainforest
Poor Soil and Heavy Rain
Fertile Soil and Hot and Humid Climate
Rich Soil and Dry Climate
Rich Soil and Rainy Climate
15
An area set aside by the national government for the preservation of the natural environment.
Conservation Zones
National Parks
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Protected Areas
16
LICs get debts paid if they conserve areas, in Debt for Nature Exchanges.
False
True
17
A pyramid of energy can be inverted
False
True
18
Main Kind of Parent Material is:
Feldspar
Calcite
Quartz
Mica
19
Land use zoning which limits the development of unsuitable areas such as spaces with natural value or steep slopes.
Conservation Zones
National Parks
Protected Areas
Site of Special Scientific Interest
20
The Climax Communtiy is the peak an ecosystem can reach.
True
False
21
Pyramids of Numbers Show:
amount of energy at each trophic lvls
number of organisms at each trophic level
amount of mass at each trophic level
energy passed through each level
22
Formal conservation area in scientific interest, due to rare fauna that grows there.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
National Parks
Conservation Zones
Protected Areas
23
Loss of Biodiversity is being caused by?
Increasing Emissons
Habitat Loss
Invasive Species
Increasing Natural Resource Exploitation
24
A Clearly Defined geographical space, reconized, dedicated, and managed, to achieve long term conservation of nature.
Conservation Zones
Site of Special Scientific Interest
National Parks
Protected Areas
25
Tundra
Thin Soil and Mild Summers
Rich Soil and Hot Summers
Rich Soils and Short Summers
Thin Soil and Short Winters
26
Grasslands
Dry with Acidic Soil
Seasonal Rainfall with Rich Soil
Dry with Rich Soil
Seasonal Rainfall with Poor Soil
27
Species with no natural predators, that outcompetes other species in the area.
Invasive Species
Pioneer Species
Native Species
Introduced Species
28
Primary Succession starts with an exsisting layer of dirt.
True
False
29
Pyramids of Biomass Show:
number of organisms at each trophic level
amount of mass at each trophic level
energy passed through each level
amount of energy at each trophic lvls
30
Secondary Succession starts with a intital layer of dirt.
True
False
31
Hot Desert
Long Winters, Thin Soil
Hot Days and Cold Nights, Thin Porous Soil
Mild Summers, Fertile Soil
Hot Days and Cold Nights, Rich Soil
32
What is not a factor in soil formation?
Succesion
Dead Organisms
Weathering of Parent Material
Living Organisms
33
What Is the percentage of energy passed through out trophic lvls?
1%
10%
50%
100%
34
Cold Deserts
Fertile Soil and Long Winters
Thin Soil and Mild summers
Rich Soil and Long Summers
Sandy/Akaline Soil and Short Summers
35
Boreal Forest
Rich Soil and Hot Summers
Acidic Soil and Long Winters
Rocky Soil and Short Winters
Thin Soil and Mild Summers
36
What are examples of biodiversity loss?
Deforestation
Drainage of Wetlands
Intensive agricultural practices
Desertification
37
Pyramids of Energy Shows:
amount of mass at each trophic level
number of organisms at each trophic level
amount of energy at each trophic lvls
energy passed through each level
38
What is the purpose for Captive Breeding and Release
To prevent extiction of a species
To ethically exsist in circuses
To be used primarily in zoos
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