Questions and CORRECT Answers
Protection and Restoration Act regulates.
Nutrient flow is the natural process which provides for the
cycling of chemicals between biotic and abiotic factors in-
cluding water, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.
A volcano has erupted and has now cooled off to leave
bare rock. Over time, lichens have colonized on the rock,
breaking it down and creating soil. Soil allowed grasses
and flowering plants to grow. In this example, which of
these was most likely the pioneer species?
Samantha is developing a management plan for an area
suffering a significant reduction of grasses and plants
which directly affects the viability of an endangered
species. Her plan involves an increase of primary pro-
ducers to support long-term ecological balance and to
eliminate the requirement of human influence. Which of
the following best represents this management plan?
Select all of the levels of taxonomy which represent the
scientific name of a species.
Grasslands are dominated by grasses and several species
of forbs. Which of the following best describes a forb?
What is desertification?
Which of the following United States departments was the
first to be established?
Which of the following is true regarding the ability for
grasslands to sequester carbon from the atmosphere?
Select all of the strategies the Coastal Wetlands Planning
, True
Lichens
Sustainability
genus
speci
es
Broadleaf plants and lower shrub vegetation
Grasslands which undergo drought or demineralization
and turn into a desert landscape
Department of Agriculture's Division of Economic Or-
nithology and Mammalogy
Grasslands recover quickly from drought or fire, allowing
them to return to carbon sequestering far earlier than
other biomes
uses funds from oil and gas royalties to protect gulf coast
marshes
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