BSC3052 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY EXAM 1 - FSU
ANDREW RASSWEILER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is conservation biology?
Answer:
+ Biology
- Ecology, genetics, populations, communities, biogeography, disease
+ Natural
- Technology, engineering, sustainability
+ Social
- Values, ethics, culture, policy, beliefs, government, law
+ Economic
- Profits, incentives, wealth, poverty
_ Concerned with detecting problems
_ Concerned with evaluating problems
- A multidisciplinary science
Question:
2. Conservation Bio Not an Exact Science
Answer:
- It is a crisis discipline
- Decisions need to be made quickly and with limited information
Question:
3. Triage
Answer:
- Dying anyway: beyond urgency
- Can be saved: absolute urgency
- Will live anyway: relative urgency
- Trying to figure out what situation is most dire in terms of success
- The species or ecosystem you're most drawn to work on is the one which is most
critically endangered but still has hope of survival with immediate intervention
Question:
4. Romantic-transcendental conservation
Answer:
- Preservationist ethic
- Muir, Thoreau, Emerson
- Preservation for spiritual value
,Question:
5. Resource conservation ethic
Answer:
- Sustainable resource production
- Sustainable, "wise" use of resources
- Pinchot
- (Leopold) man as part of complex ecology
Question:
6. Evolutionary-ecologic land ethic
Answer:
- Man as part of complex ecology
- Leopold
- Explores how we can make use of these systems to include humans in them - we
are part of the system
Question:
7. Conservation in the 1950's
Answer:
- Began to see use of pesticides for agriculture
- Biomagnification occurred with DDT use because it was released in small
quantities but its presence had a far reach as it spread up the food chain
- Jumpstarted the idea for more environmental conscientiousness
Question:
8. Preservation vs. Conservation
Answer:
- Preservation: leave it alone
- Conservation: use it wisely
Question:
9. Ecosystem Services
Answer:
- The idea that these are benefits people get from the natural world
, Question:
10. Supporting Services
Answer:
- Nutrient cycling
- Soil formation
- Primary production
- Leads to provisioning, regulating, and cultural services
- Those that are going on in the background and don't do things directly for us,
but keep the flow of the ecosystem going and supports our direct services
Question:
11. Provisioning Services
Answer:
- Food
- Timber
- Drinking water
- Ecosystems produce things we harvest
- Things that support our instinctive needs
- Many species may be involved in providing these services and maintaining them
Question:
12. Regulating Services
Answer:
- Climate regulation
- Food regulation
- Disease regulation
- Water purification
- Not something we are harvesting from the system
- Involves many natural climate, or non-tangible factors
- Ecosystems can control natural processes
Question:
13. Cultural Services
Answer:
- Aesthetic
- Spiritual
- Educational
- Recreational
- The way the ecosystem service people try to bring the more romantic or
spiritual view to the framework
- Ecosystems provide non-material benefits
ANDREW RASSWEILER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is conservation biology?
Answer:
+ Biology
- Ecology, genetics, populations, communities, biogeography, disease
+ Natural
- Technology, engineering, sustainability
+ Social
- Values, ethics, culture, policy, beliefs, government, law
+ Economic
- Profits, incentives, wealth, poverty
_ Concerned with detecting problems
_ Concerned with evaluating problems
- A multidisciplinary science
Question:
2. Conservation Bio Not an Exact Science
Answer:
- It is a crisis discipline
- Decisions need to be made quickly and with limited information
Question:
3. Triage
Answer:
- Dying anyway: beyond urgency
- Can be saved: absolute urgency
- Will live anyway: relative urgency
- Trying to figure out what situation is most dire in terms of success
- The species or ecosystem you're most drawn to work on is the one which is most
critically endangered but still has hope of survival with immediate intervention
Question:
4. Romantic-transcendental conservation
Answer:
- Preservationist ethic
- Muir, Thoreau, Emerson
- Preservation for spiritual value
,Question:
5. Resource conservation ethic
Answer:
- Sustainable resource production
- Sustainable, "wise" use of resources
- Pinchot
- (Leopold) man as part of complex ecology
Question:
6. Evolutionary-ecologic land ethic
Answer:
- Man as part of complex ecology
- Leopold
- Explores how we can make use of these systems to include humans in them - we
are part of the system
Question:
7. Conservation in the 1950's
Answer:
- Began to see use of pesticides for agriculture
- Biomagnification occurred with DDT use because it was released in small
quantities but its presence had a far reach as it spread up the food chain
- Jumpstarted the idea for more environmental conscientiousness
Question:
8. Preservation vs. Conservation
Answer:
- Preservation: leave it alone
- Conservation: use it wisely
Question:
9. Ecosystem Services
Answer:
- The idea that these are benefits people get from the natural world
, Question:
10. Supporting Services
Answer:
- Nutrient cycling
- Soil formation
- Primary production
- Leads to provisioning, regulating, and cultural services
- Those that are going on in the background and don't do things directly for us,
but keep the flow of the ecosystem going and supports our direct services
Question:
11. Provisioning Services
Answer:
- Food
- Timber
- Drinking water
- Ecosystems produce things we harvest
- Things that support our instinctive needs
- Many species may be involved in providing these services and maintaining them
Question:
12. Regulating Services
Answer:
- Climate regulation
- Food regulation
- Disease regulation
- Water purification
- Not something we are harvesting from the system
- Involves many natural climate, or non-tangible factors
- Ecosystems can control natural processes
Question:
13. Cultural Services
Answer:
- Aesthetic
- Spiritual
- Educational
- Recreational
- The way the ecosystem service people try to bring the more romantic or
spiritual view to the framework
- Ecosystems provide non-material benefits
