BSC 340 Comprehensive Clickers questions
with accurate answers
___ could be a bio-indicator of stream health because they are sensitive
to ___
a. stream plants, dissolved oxygen
b. freshwater mussels, pH
c. freshwater turtles, sedimentation Ans✓✓✓ freshwater mussels, pH
___ is the worlds largest importer of ivory products. They banned all
ivory trade in 2018
a. The UK
b. USA
c. China
d. Japan Ans✓✓✓ China
58.8 is the ___ that there will be low abundance of invasive species in
the canopy
high: 18.4
moderate: 22.8
low: 58.8
a. attribute score
b. utility value
c. objective weight
d. percent probability Ans✓✓✓ percent probability
,a fully stocked stand is
a. a forest where trees are spaced for maximum timber production
b. an aquaculture pond full of fish
c. a recreational hunter who has purchased a variety of equipment
Ans✓✓✓ a forest where trees are spaced for maximum timber
production
a keystone species is
a. a symbol for conservation
b. a species that can be monitored to understand the fate of other species
in the ecosystem
c. a species with a large home range
d. a species that has an important function in the ecosystem Ans✓✓✓ a
species that has an important function in the ecosystem
A strength of SDM is that it first identifies
a. the relevant best available science
b. decision options
c. objectives Ans✓✓✓ objectives
According to the sustainable ecosystem approach, what should be the
role of reserves be
a. they should not exist
,b. 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
c. they should be protected from any human interference 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
a. are always in flux due to disturbance
b. progress to the seral community
c. progress to the climax community Ans✓✓✓ progress to the climax
community
after a disturbance, recovery tends to progress
a. from the margin inward
b. from the center outward
c. at random Ans✓✓✓ from the margin inward
Alabama has particularly high biodiversity of
a. grassland songbirds
b. freshwater turtles
c. forest mammals Ans✓✓✓ freshwater turtles
, Alabama has relatively low biodiversity compared to other states in the
US
a. true
b. false Ans✓✓✓ false
all of the environmental problems seen in 1600-1900 America were due
to European colonization
a. true
b. European colonization may have contributed, along with other factors
c. European colonization had no effect Ans✓✓✓ European colonization
may have contributed, along with other factors
an ecosystem is
a. assemblages of interacting populations
b. group of organisms of the same species occupying a defined area
during a specific time
c. system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with
each other and with their physical environment 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
a. sensitive
b. vulnerable
c. resilient
with accurate answers
___ could be a bio-indicator of stream health because they are sensitive
to ___
a. stream plants, dissolved oxygen
b. freshwater mussels, pH
c. freshwater turtles, sedimentation Ans✓✓✓ freshwater mussels, pH
___ is the worlds largest importer of ivory products. They banned all
ivory trade in 2018
a. The UK
b. USA
c. China
d. Japan Ans✓✓✓ China
58.8 is the ___ that there will be low abundance of invasive species in
the canopy
high: 18.4
moderate: 22.8
low: 58.8
a. attribute score
b. utility value
c. objective weight
d. percent probability Ans✓✓✓ percent probability
,a fully stocked stand is
a. a forest where trees are spaced for maximum timber production
b. an aquaculture pond full of fish
c. a recreational hunter who has purchased a variety of equipment
Ans✓✓✓ a forest where trees are spaced for maximum timber
production
a keystone species is
a. a symbol for conservation
b. a species that can be monitored to understand the fate of other species
in the ecosystem
c. a species with a large home range
d. a species that has an important function in the ecosystem Ans✓✓✓ a
species that has an important function in the ecosystem
A strength of SDM is that it first identifies
a. the relevant best available science
b. decision options
c. objectives Ans✓✓✓ objectives
According to the sustainable ecosystem approach, what should be the
role of reserves be
a. they should not exist
,b. 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
c. they should be protected from any human interference 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
a. are always in flux due to disturbance
b. progress to the seral community
c. progress to the climax community Ans✓✓✓ progress to the climax
community
after a disturbance, recovery tends to progress
a. from the margin inward
b. from the center outward
c. at random Ans✓✓✓ from the margin inward
Alabama has particularly high biodiversity of
a. grassland songbirds
b. freshwater turtles
c. forest mammals Ans✓✓✓ freshwater turtles
, Alabama has relatively low biodiversity compared to other states in the
US
a. true
b. false Ans✓✓✓ false
all of the environmental problems seen in 1600-1900 America were due
to European colonization
a. true
b. European colonization may have contributed, along with other factors
c. European colonization had no effect Ans✓✓✓ European colonization
may have contributed, along with other factors
an ecosystem is
a. assemblages of interacting populations
b. group of organisms of the same species occupying a defined area
during a specific time
c. system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with
each other and with their physical environment 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
a. sensitive
b. vulnerable
c. resilient
