FSU EVR 1001 Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Owls and hawks prey on similar animals, but hawks hunt by day and
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owls hunt at night. Is this an example of
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a. Niche differentiation
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b. Interference competition
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c. Coevolution
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d. Exploitation competition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Niche
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differentiation
Which characteristic tends to decrease diversity?
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a. environmental stress
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b. physically diverse habitat
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c. moderate amounts of disturbance
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d. evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. environmental stress
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What threat causes the greatest loss to biodiversity?
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,a. habitat loss
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b. climate change
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c. pollution
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d. harvest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. habitat loss
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All of the following are examples of "a commons" EXCEPT:
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a. International ocean fisheries
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b. The shopping mall
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c. Most of the continent of Antarctica
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d. National forests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. The shopping mall
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Which substance would be considered hazardous waste?
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a. A liquid that causes headaches and vomiting if ingested
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b. An oil that ignites easily
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c. All other options
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d. powder that corrodes steel drums - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. all
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other options |
,The relationship between hermatypic corals and zooxanthellae is an
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example of |
a. Mutualism
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b. Succession
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c. Predator-prey relationships
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d. Commensalism
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e. Parasitism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Mutualism
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Which organism in this food chain of a hot spring ecosystem in
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Yellowstone National Park is the autotroph?
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Algae - herbivorous flies - killdeer birds - grey wolves - decomposing
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bacteria
a. algae
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b. fly
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c. bird
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d. wolf
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e. decomposing bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. algae
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Which of the following is true?
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, a. Species on Earth today are but a fraction of all species that ever lived
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b. Extinctions of past species have happened gradually and on a small
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scale
c. Bacteria represent a newer form of life, not present during the early
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prehistory of Earth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Species on Earth today
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are but a fraction of all species that ever lived
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Clean air and water are traded and dealt with in today's world as if their
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value were: |
a. worth a million dollars
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b. equal to commercial product
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c. regulated by supply and demand
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d. zero - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. zero
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An intangible factor is:
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a. Easy to measure
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b. One you can touch, buy and sell
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c. Difficult to value economically - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Difficult to
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value economically
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With Correct Answers
Owls and hawks prey on similar animals, but hawks hunt by day and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
owls hunt at night. Is this an example of
| | | | | | | |
a. Niche differentiation
| | |
b. Interference competition
| | |
c. Coevolution
| |
d. Exploitation competition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Niche
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differentiation
Which characteristic tends to decrease diversity?
| | | | |
a. environmental stress
| | |
b. physically diverse habitat
| | | |
c. moderate amounts of disturbance
| | | | |
d. evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. environmental stress
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What threat causes the greatest loss to biodiversity?
| | | | | | |
,a. habitat loss
| | |
b. climate change
| | |
c. pollution
| |
d. harvest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. habitat loss
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All of the following are examples of "a commons" EXCEPT:
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a. International ocean fisheries
| | | |
b. The shopping mall
| | | |
c. Most of the continent of Antarctica
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d. National forests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. The shopping mall
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Which substance would be considered hazardous waste?
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a. A liquid that causes headaches and vomiting if ingested
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b. An oil that ignites easily
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c. All other options
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d. powder that corrodes steel drums - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. all
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other options |
,The relationship between hermatypic corals and zooxanthellae is an
| | | | | | | | |
example of |
a. Mutualism
| |
b. Succession
| |
c. Predator-prey relationships
| | |
d. Commensalism
| |
e. Parasitism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Mutualism
| | | | |
Which organism in this food chain of a hot spring ecosystem in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Yellowstone National Park is the autotroph?
| | | | |
Algae - herbivorous flies - killdeer birds - grey wolves - decomposing
| | | | | | | | | | | |
bacteria
a. algae
| |
b. fly
| |
c. bird
| |
d. wolf
| |
e. decomposing bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. algae
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Which of the following is true?
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, a. Species on Earth today are but a fraction of all species that ever lived
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
b. Extinctions of past species have happened gradually and on a small
| | | | | | | | | | | |
scale
c. Bacteria represent a newer form of life, not present during the early
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
prehistory of Earth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Species on Earth today
| | | | | | | | | |
are but a fraction of all species that ever lived
| | | | | | | | |
Clean air and water are traded and dealt with in today's world as if their
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
value were: |
a. worth a million dollars
| | | | |
b. equal to commercial product
| | | | |
c. regulated by supply and demand
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d. zero - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. zero
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An intangible factor is:
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a. Easy to measure
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b. One you can touch, buy and sell
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c. Difficult to value economically - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Difficult to
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value economically
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