EVR 1001 FSU FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
ALL QUESTION AND VERIFIED
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Owls and hawks prey on similar animals, but hawks hunt by day and
owls hunt at night. Is this an example of
a. Niche differentiation
b. Interference competition
c. Coevolution
d. Exploitation competition - ANSWER- a. Niche differentiation
Which characteristic tends to decrease diversity?
a. environmental stress
b. physically diverse habitat
c. moderate amounts of disturbance
d. evolution - ANSWER- a. environmental stress
What threat causes the greatest loss to biodiversity?
a. habitat loss
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b. climate change
c. pollution
d. harvest - ANSWER- a. habitat loss
All of the following are examples of "a commons" EXCEPT:
a. International ocean fisheries
b. The shopping mall
c. Most of the continent of Antarctica
d. National forests - ANSWER- b. The shopping mall
Which substance would be considered hazardous waste?
a. A liquid that causes headaches and vomiting if ingested
b. An oil that ignites easily
c. All other options
d. powder that corrodes steel drums - ANSWER- c. all other options
The relationship between hermatypic corals and zooxanthellae is an
example of
a. Mutualism
b. Succession
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c. Predator-prey relationships
d. Commensalism
e. Parasitism - ANSWER- a. Mutualism
Which organism in this food chain of a hot spring ecosystem in
Yellowstone National Park is the autotroph?
Algae - herbivorous flies - killdeer birds - grey wolves - decomposing
bacteria
a. algae
b. fly
c. bird
d. wolf
e. decomposing bacteria - ANSWER- a. algae
Which of the following is true?
a. Species on Earth today are but a fraction of all species that ever lived
b. Extinctions of past species have happened gradually and on a small
scale
c. Bacteria represent a newer form of life, not present during the early
prehistory of Earth - ANSWER- a. Species on Earth today are but a
fraction of all species that ever lived
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Clean air and water are traded and dealt with in today's world as if their
value were:
a. worth a million dollars
b. equal to commercial product
c. regulated by supply and demand
d. zero - ANSWER- d. zero
An intangible factor is:
a. Easy to measure
b. One you can touch, buy and sell
c. Difficult to value economically - ANSWER- c. Difficult to value
economically
Which is the most effective approach to reducing waste?
a. Recycling glass and plastic materials
b. Composting yard waste
c. Reducing the amount of material that needs to be disposed of
d. Increasing consumption - ANSWER- c. Reducing the amount of
material that needs to be disposed of
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