BSC 340 Final | The University of Alabama | UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: National Forests were primarily established to
A: Manage timber production
Q2: Seals were harvested at a high rate after European
colonization. This is an example of
A: Intense exploitation
Q3: What happened to Hetch Hetchy?
A: A dam was built to create a reservoir for water and power generation
Q4: What was the conflict over Hetch Hetchy about?
A: Creating a reservoir for municipal water
Q5: The kind of hunting that led to intense exploitation and, in
some cases, extinction was
A: Market hunting
Q6: What is the utilitarian approach to natural resource
conservation?
A: Use resources to benefit people
Q7: The passenger pigeon
A: went extinct
Q8: Select the practices that were used by indigenous
communities
A: Use fire to discourage plant diseases and pests
Use fire to clear underbrush
Create a diverse combination of vegetation types on the landscape
Use fire to encourage the growth of useful plant and animal populations
Q9: Interactions between marine ecosystems and commercial
fishers
A: Coupled human and natural system
Q10: Indigenous depopulation opened opportunities for colonial
settlements, creating opportunities for more disease
outbreaks
,A: Positive feedback loop
Q11: Effects of an initial change are damped out by subsequent
changes, with the result that the system reverts to its original
condition
A: Negative feedback loop
Q12: CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere reach a level leading
to a sudden transition between alternate regimes in an
ecosystem
A: Tipping point
Q13: Gifford Pinchot
A: Worked as a forest manager at Biltmore and with the Forest Service
Q14: Non-native herbivores were introduced after European
colonization. This is an example of
A: Change in community composition
Q15: Match whether or not each attribute makes a species
vulnerable
A: Endemic = vulnerable
Large home range = vulnerable
Specialist = vulnerable
Small population size = vulnerable
Large geographic range = not vulnerable
High reproductive rate = not vulnerable
High genetic diversity = not vulnerable
Strong competitor = not vulnerable
Q16: [A] can prevent scientists from obtaining [B], so scientists can
use [C] from those areas instead and use [D] to estimate
additional features about those areas.
A: A = Weather
B = Aerial photographs
C = Satellite Imagery
D = Models
Q17: When a population experiences density-dependence, which
are most likely at high densities?
A: Intraspecific competition is high
Mortality is high
Population growth rate is low
,Q18: In the Log Equation Nt = ..... What is N0?
A: N0 = initial population size
Q19: Group of organisms of the same species occupying a defined
area during a specific time
A: Population
Q20: Assemblage of interacting populations of different species
A: Community
Q21: Graph that increases to a carrying capacity
Nt = (long fractional equation)
A: Logistic Growth
Q22: Graph that increases exponentially
Nt = N0e^rt
A: Exponential Growth
Q23: Monitoring emperor penguins can give scientists insights into
A: Effects of climate change
Fish, squid, and krill populations
Q24: Fast ice is
A: Fastened to the continent and used by penguins for breeding
Q25: r = 0.5 so we know the population is
A: Increasing
Q26: Estimating and modeling emperor penguin population trends
over time can give scientists information about
A: The number of emperor penguins in different areas
What environmental conditions might be affecting emperor penguin populations
Whether populations are increasing, stable, or decreasing
Q27: An ecosystem is a
A: System formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with each other and with
their physical environment
Q28: Which kinds of human consumption may contribute to
zoonotic diseases?
, A: Bushmeat used as luxury items by the wealthy
Bushmeat used as protein by the poor
Demand for items built from luxury woods
Q29: What is a zoonotic disease?
A: A disease caused by a pathogen that jumped from a non-human animal to a human.
Q30: The population last year was 265,692. During the last year
1,632 died, 2,672 were born, 667 immigrated, 155 emigrated.
What is the population size now?
A: 265,692 - 1,632 + 2,672 + 667 - 155
Q31: Nt+1 = Nt + Bt + It - Dt - Et
Nt = N0 * exp(rt)
Nt = K/(1+((K-N0)/N0 ) * exp(-rt))
A:
Q32: Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other
states in the U.S.
A: High
Q33: The dominant traditional view was that humans are separate
from nature.
A: True
Q34: Habitat is
A: The suite of resources and environmental conditions that determine the presence,
survival, and reproduction of a population
Q35: It is [A] to export or import parts from charismatic megafauna
and [B] to export or import parts from other species.
A: A = Difficult
B = Less difficult
Q36: There is a population of 629. The intrinsic rate of increase is 0.7.
The population is ____.
A: Increasing
Q37: Since the emergence of COVID-19, China has _____ banned the
trade and consumption of wildlife.
A: Temporarily
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: National Forests were primarily established to
A: Manage timber production
Q2: Seals were harvested at a high rate after European
colonization. This is an example of
A: Intense exploitation
Q3: What happened to Hetch Hetchy?
A: A dam was built to create a reservoir for water and power generation
Q4: What was the conflict over Hetch Hetchy about?
A: Creating a reservoir for municipal water
Q5: The kind of hunting that led to intense exploitation and, in
some cases, extinction was
A: Market hunting
Q6: What is the utilitarian approach to natural resource
conservation?
A: Use resources to benefit people
Q7: The passenger pigeon
A: went extinct
Q8: Select the practices that were used by indigenous
communities
A: Use fire to discourage plant diseases and pests
Use fire to clear underbrush
Create a diverse combination of vegetation types on the landscape
Use fire to encourage the growth of useful plant and animal populations
Q9: Interactions between marine ecosystems and commercial
fishers
A: Coupled human and natural system
Q10: Indigenous depopulation opened opportunities for colonial
settlements, creating opportunities for more disease
outbreaks
,A: Positive feedback loop
Q11: Effects of an initial change are damped out by subsequent
changes, with the result that the system reverts to its original
condition
A: Negative feedback loop
Q12: CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere reach a level leading
to a sudden transition between alternate regimes in an
ecosystem
A: Tipping point
Q13: Gifford Pinchot
A: Worked as a forest manager at Biltmore and with the Forest Service
Q14: Non-native herbivores were introduced after European
colonization. This is an example of
A: Change in community composition
Q15: Match whether or not each attribute makes a species
vulnerable
A: Endemic = vulnerable
Large home range = vulnerable
Specialist = vulnerable
Small population size = vulnerable
Large geographic range = not vulnerable
High reproductive rate = not vulnerable
High genetic diversity = not vulnerable
Strong competitor = not vulnerable
Q16: [A] can prevent scientists from obtaining [B], so scientists can
use [C] from those areas instead and use [D] to estimate
additional features about those areas.
A: A = Weather
B = Aerial photographs
C = Satellite Imagery
D = Models
Q17: When a population experiences density-dependence, which
are most likely at high densities?
A: Intraspecific competition is high
Mortality is high
Population growth rate is low
,Q18: In the Log Equation Nt = ..... What is N0?
A: N0 = initial population size
Q19: Group of organisms of the same species occupying a defined
area during a specific time
A: Population
Q20: Assemblage of interacting populations of different species
A: Community
Q21: Graph that increases to a carrying capacity
Nt = (long fractional equation)
A: Logistic Growth
Q22: Graph that increases exponentially
Nt = N0e^rt
A: Exponential Growth
Q23: Monitoring emperor penguins can give scientists insights into
A: Effects of climate change
Fish, squid, and krill populations
Q24: Fast ice is
A: Fastened to the continent and used by penguins for breeding
Q25: r = 0.5 so we know the population is
A: Increasing
Q26: Estimating and modeling emperor penguin population trends
over time can give scientists information about
A: The number of emperor penguins in different areas
What environmental conditions might be affecting emperor penguin populations
Whether populations are increasing, stable, or decreasing
Q27: An ecosystem is a
A: System formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with each other and with
their physical environment
Q28: Which kinds of human consumption may contribute to
zoonotic diseases?
, A: Bushmeat used as luxury items by the wealthy
Bushmeat used as protein by the poor
Demand for items built from luxury woods
Q29: What is a zoonotic disease?
A: A disease caused by a pathogen that jumped from a non-human animal to a human.
Q30: The population last year was 265,692. During the last year
1,632 died, 2,672 were born, 667 immigrated, 155 emigrated.
What is the population size now?
A: 265,692 - 1,632 + 2,672 + 667 - 155
Q31: Nt+1 = Nt + Bt + It - Dt - Et
Nt = N0 * exp(rt)
Nt = K/(1+((K-N0)/N0 ) * exp(-rt))
A:
Q32: Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other
states in the U.S.
A: High
Q33: The dominant traditional view was that humans are separate
from nature.
A: True
Q34: Habitat is
A: The suite of resources and environmental conditions that determine the presence,
survival, and reproduction of a population
Q35: It is [A] to export or import parts from charismatic megafauna
and [B] to export or import parts from other species.
A: A = Difficult
B = Less difficult
Q36: There is a population of 629. The intrinsic rate of increase is 0.7.
The population is ____.
A: Increasing
Q37: Since the emergence of COVID-19, China has _____ banned the
trade and consumption of wildlife.
A: Temporarily
