ECOL 111 Section C 2025/2026 Exam
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What stressors are facing marine environments - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fossil
fuels producing CO2 which is absorbed by oceans
NZ threatened categories depend on - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pop size, trend,
adopt worst case -> very small populations, high ongoing or predicted
decline
What taxonomic group has highest proportion of threatened species - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Reptiles, freshwater fish
Key Threats to Plants in NZ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Exotic weeds
Pests (browsers, grazers)
Habitat destruction
Climate change
Plant collection
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, What are wetlands - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Areas where water covers the soil or is
present either at or near surface for varying periods of time during year
Key Threats to Biodiversity + Examples - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Land-use change
- deforestation
Exploitation - over fishing
Climate change - erosion, warming ocean (1/6 species effected)
Pollution - atmospheric deposition of N
Invasive species
What is the IUCN Red List - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A research method helping
track trends in biodiversity - categorise species on level of threat, shows
distribution, pop size, indicate health of biodiversity
why does biodiversity matter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ecosystem stability,
biogeochemical cycles, food, key resources for humans, inspiration and
quality of life
How does saturated community effect niche - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Denser
environment resulting in more niche overlap and increased competition
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Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
What stressors are facing marine environments - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fossil
fuels producing CO2 which is absorbed by oceans
NZ threatened categories depend on - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pop size, trend,
adopt worst case -> very small populations, high ongoing or predicted
decline
What taxonomic group has highest proportion of threatened species - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Reptiles, freshwater fish
Key Threats to Plants in NZ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Exotic weeds
Pests (browsers, grazers)
Habitat destruction
Climate change
Plant collection
1
COPYRIGHT@SARAHROSAPERAL 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What are wetlands - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Areas where water covers the soil or is
present either at or near surface for varying periods of time during year
Key Threats to Biodiversity + Examples - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Land-use change
- deforestation
Exploitation - over fishing
Climate change - erosion, warming ocean (1/6 species effected)
Pollution - atmospheric deposition of N
Invasive species
What is the IUCN Red List - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A research method helping
track trends in biodiversity - categorise species on level of threat, shows
distribution, pop size, indicate health of biodiversity
why does biodiversity matter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ecosystem stability,
biogeochemical cycles, food, key resources for humans, inspiration and
quality of life
How does saturated community effect niche - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Denser
environment resulting in more niche overlap and increased competition
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
