BSC 340 Final Questions with accurate answers
Ans✓✓✓ Low chance of capture if the regulation is violated
Weak penalties for violating the regulation
Potentially high profit from violating the regulation
(T/F) Federal agencies are prohibited from using fire in natural resource
management Ans✓✓✓ False
(T/F) Some biological communities are adapted to fire Ans✓✓✓ True
(T/F) Temperate forests are resilient Ans✓✓✓ True
(T/F) The entire coast of Alabama is experiencing very high erosion
Ans✓✓✓ False
4 out of 4 points
What are the 2 kinds of certification a company can get for doing
sustainable forestry? Provide the acronym and the full name. (For
example: ECP = Example Certification Program) Ans✓✓✓ FSC =
forest stewardship council
SFI = Sustainable forestry initiative
A conservation easement protects land owned by Ans✓✓✓ private
landowner
,A fully stocked stand is Ans✓✓✓ a forest where trees are spaced for
maximum timber production
A nearly complete ban on importing ivory to the United States occurred
in Ans✓✓✓ 2014
A population is being harvested. The population is exhibiting
compensatory mortality. Should we expect that reducing hunting
pressure would help increase the population abundance? Assume the
hunting mortality rate is less than C*. Ans✓✓✓ No because mortality
from hunting is substituting for natural mortality so the overall mortality
rate would not change
A species that can be monitored to understand the fate of other species in
the ecosystem Ans✓✓✓ Indicator Species
A species with a large home range so that when it is conserved, species
that live within its large home range are conserved Ans✓✓✓ Umbrella
Species
A species with a pivotal role in ecosystem functioning out of proportion
to its abundance or biomass Ans✓✓✓ Keystone Species
A strength of structured decision making is that it Ans✓✓✓
Incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
,Incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
Incorporates management constraints
Represents uncertainty in knowledge
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ Objectives
A symbol for conservation Ans✓✓✓ Flagship Species
About what percent of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed?
Ans✓✓✓ 50
According to Dr. Collins, forestry can be defined as the science and
practice of ___ management of forests Ans✓✓✓ Sustainable
According to the flux of nature paradigm, ecosystems often Ans✓✓✓
are not near or approaching equilibrium because disturbances are
widespread and frequent
According to the Monterery Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, black
grouper caught with set longlines in the Gulf of Mexico is designated as
Ans✓✓✓ Avoid
According to the sustainable-ecosystem approach, what should the role
of reserves be? Ans✓✓✓ They should be managed to provide a link
, between conservation and benefits for people, such as allowing some
extraction or tourism revenue to benefit local people
According to the theory of succession, communities Ans✓✓✓ progress
to the climax community
adaptive radiation Ans✓✓✓ The process of a few immigrants evolving
to fill niches
Alabama has particularly high biodiversity of Ans✓✓✓ Freshwater
Turtles
Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other states in the
U.S. Ans✓✓✓ High
An assemblage of interacting populations of different species is
Ans✓✓✓ Community
An ecosystem is a Ans✓✓✓ System formed by the interaction of a
community of organisms with each other and with their physical
environment
An ecosystem that does not recover quickly from a disturbance is
Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive
Vulnerable
Ans✓✓✓ Low chance of capture if the regulation is violated
Weak penalties for violating the regulation
Potentially high profit from violating the regulation
(T/F) Federal agencies are prohibited from using fire in natural resource
management Ans✓✓✓ False
(T/F) Some biological communities are adapted to fire Ans✓✓✓ True
(T/F) Temperate forests are resilient Ans✓✓✓ True
(T/F) The entire coast of Alabama is experiencing very high erosion
Ans✓✓✓ False
4 out of 4 points
What are the 2 kinds of certification a company can get for doing
sustainable forestry? Provide the acronym and the full name. (For
example: ECP = Example Certification Program) Ans✓✓✓ FSC =
forest stewardship council
SFI = Sustainable forestry initiative
A conservation easement protects land owned by Ans✓✓✓ private
landowner
,A fully stocked stand is Ans✓✓✓ a forest where trees are spaced for
maximum timber production
A nearly complete ban on importing ivory to the United States occurred
in Ans✓✓✓ 2014
A population is being harvested. The population is exhibiting
compensatory mortality. Should we expect that reducing hunting
pressure would help increase the population abundance? Assume the
hunting mortality rate is less than C*. Ans✓✓✓ No because mortality
from hunting is substituting for natural mortality so the overall mortality
rate would not change
A species that can be monitored to understand the fate of other species in
the ecosystem Ans✓✓✓ Indicator Species
A species with a large home range so that when it is conserved, species
that live within its large home range are conserved Ans✓✓✓ Umbrella
Species
A species with a pivotal role in ecosystem functioning out of proportion
to its abundance or biomass Ans✓✓✓ Keystone Species
A strength of structured decision making is that it Ans✓✓✓
Incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
,Incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
Incorporates management constraints
Represents uncertainty in knowledge
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ Objectives
A symbol for conservation Ans✓✓✓ Flagship Species
About what percent of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed?
Ans✓✓✓ 50
According to Dr. Collins, forestry can be defined as the science and
practice of ___ management of forests Ans✓✓✓ Sustainable
According to the flux of nature paradigm, ecosystems often Ans✓✓✓
are not near or approaching equilibrium because disturbances are
widespread and frequent
According to the Monterery Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, black
grouper caught with set longlines in the Gulf of Mexico is designated as
Ans✓✓✓ Avoid
According to the sustainable-ecosystem approach, what should the role
of reserves be? Ans✓✓✓ They should be managed to provide a link
, between conservation and benefits for people, such as allowing some
extraction or tourism revenue to benefit local people
According to the theory of succession, communities Ans✓✓✓ progress
to the climax community
adaptive radiation Ans✓✓✓ The process of a few immigrants evolving
to fill niches
Alabama has particularly high biodiversity of Ans✓✓✓ Freshwater
Turtles
Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other states in the
U.S. Ans✓✓✓ High
An assemblage of interacting populations of different species is
Ans✓✓✓ Community
An ecosystem is a Ans✓✓✓ System formed by the interaction of a
community of organisms with each other and with their physical
environment
An ecosystem that does not recover quickly from a disturbance is
Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive
Vulnerable
