BIOLOGY 1104 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Ecosystem functions - Correct Answers -ecological processes that control the fluxes of
energy, nutrients and organic matter through the environment
ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the benefits that people obtain from ecosystems
provisioning ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the goods provided by nature that
humans use as food, fuel, drinking water, building materials, and medicines
regulating ecosystem services - Correct Answers -benefits obtained from regulation of
ecosystem processes (ex: process of filter feeding by mussels cleans the water)
non-material ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the benefits obtained from the
educational, cultural, and aesthetic values of the ecosystem
supporting ecosystem services - Correct Answers -Ecosystem services that are
necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services. Some examples include
biomass production, production of atmospheric oxygen, soil formation and retention,
nutrient cycling, water cycling, and provisioning of habitat.
biopiracy - Correct Answers -unauthorized appropriation of traditional biological and
genetic knowledge, resources, and practices of indigenous peoples
bioprospecting - Correct Answers -The exploration of biodiversity for new resources that
may have social or commercial value, such as new medicines.
Ethnobotany - Correct Answers -explores how people in different cultures use plants
biodiversity - Correct Answers -the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or
ecosystem.
level one of biodiversity - Correct Answers -genetic variety- genetic difference amongst
individuals of the same species in their DNA (1 species only)
AND ANSWERS
Ecosystem functions - Correct Answers -ecological processes that control the fluxes of
energy, nutrients and organic matter through the environment
ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the benefits that people obtain from ecosystems
provisioning ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the goods provided by nature that
humans use as food, fuel, drinking water, building materials, and medicines
regulating ecosystem services - Correct Answers -benefits obtained from regulation of
ecosystem processes (ex: process of filter feeding by mussels cleans the water)
non-material ecosystem services - Correct Answers -the benefits obtained from the
educational, cultural, and aesthetic values of the ecosystem
supporting ecosystem services - Correct Answers -Ecosystem services that are
necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services. Some examples include
biomass production, production of atmospheric oxygen, soil formation and retention,
nutrient cycling, water cycling, and provisioning of habitat.
biopiracy - Correct Answers -unauthorized appropriation of traditional biological and
genetic knowledge, resources, and practices of indigenous peoples
bioprospecting - Correct Answers -The exploration of biodiversity for new resources that
may have social or commercial value, such as new medicines.
Ethnobotany - Correct Answers -explores how people in different cultures use plants
biodiversity - Correct Answers -the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or
ecosystem.
level one of biodiversity - Correct Answers -genetic variety- genetic difference amongst
individuals of the same species in their DNA (1 species only)
