BSC 340 Final questions with accurate answers
[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. Ans✓✓✓ A = Weather
B = Aerial photographs
C = Satellite Imagery
D = Models
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 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✓✓✓ Represents
uncertainty in knowledge
Incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
Incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
Incorporates management constraints
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ Objectives
A symbol for conservation Ans✓✓✓ Flagship Species
Ability of a given level of harvest to produce profits over a long period
of time Ans✓✓✓ Economic viability
Ability of an ecosystem to cope with a given level of use indefinitely
Ans✓✓✓ Sustainability
,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 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
Affect night time foraging by beach mice Ans✓✓✓ Artificial lighting
After a hurricane, what branch of ecology may help return wildlife
habitat to a healthy state? Ans✓✓✓ restoration ecology
Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other states in the
U.S. Ans✓✓✓ High
All forests are adapted to fire and should be burned periodically.
Ans✓✓✓ False
, Amy Dickman thinks a major benefit of trophy hunting is that is leads to
the protection of _(fill in one word)_, which benefits lions. Ans✓✓✓
habitat
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✓✓✓ Vulnerable
Sensitive
Approximately __% of plastics are recycled, with the remainder going to
landfills or polluting the environment. Ans✓✓✓ 9
Assemblage of interacting populations of different species Ans✓✓✓
Community
Assume A is the mainland, and B through E represent islands. Which
island do you expect to have the fewest species? (quiz for class 12)
Ans✓✓✓ E
Black bear hunting is illegal in the United States. Ans✓✓✓ False
Blue= Estimate
Orange = True
[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. Ans✓✓✓ A = Weather
B = Aerial photographs
C = Satellite Imagery
D = Models
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 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✓✓✓ Represents
uncertainty in knowledge
Incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
Incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
Incorporates management constraints
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ Objectives
A symbol for conservation Ans✓✓✓ Flagship Species
Ability of a given level of harvest to produce profits over a long period
of time Ans✓✓✓ Economic viability
Ability of an ecosystem to cope with a given level of use indefinitely
Ans✓✓✓ Sustainability
,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 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
Affect night time foraging by beach mice Ans✓✓✓ Artificial lighting
After a hurricane, what branch of ecology may help return wildlife
habitat to a healthy state? Ans✓✓✓ restoration ecology
Alabama has relatively ___ biodiversity compared to other states in the
U.S. Ans✓✓✓ High
All forests are adapted to fire and should be burned periodically.
Ans✓✓✓ False
, Amy Dickman thinks a major benefit of trophy hunting is that is leads to
the protection of _(fill in one word)_, which benefits lions. Ans✓✓✓
habitat
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✓✓✓ Vulnerable
Sensitive
Approximately __% of plastics are recycled, with the remainder going to
landfills or polluting the environment. Ans✓✓✓ 9
Assemblage of interacting populations of different species Ans✓✓✓
Community
Assume A is the mainland, and B through E represent islands. Which
island do you expect to have the fewest species? (quiz for class 12)
Ans✓✓✓ E
Black bear hunting is illegal in the United States. Ans✓✓✓ False
Blue= Estimate
Orange = True
