RENR Quiz 8 Questions – Revision and Practice Set
Following are the relative abundance of 5 species in four hypothetical communities. Which
community has the highest diversity measured by Shannon-Wiener index? - correct answer
✔✔0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.16
If the richness of community "A" is lower than that of community "B", then - correct answer
✔✔"A" has fewer species than "B"
Primarily because of its greater topographic complexity, eastern Asia exhibits a __________
turnover in compositional similarity of floras with distance, relative to North America. - correct
answer ✔✔greater
When one tallies the species in a community by numbers of individuals, one typically finds that:
- correct answer ✔✔a few species are dominant, whereas most others are represented by
relatively few individuals.
If the richness of community "A" is higher than that of community "B", then - correct answer
✔✔"A" has more species than "B"
Increased species diversity among many species groups in the tropics (as compared to higher
latitude regions) appears to be the result of a greater variety of ecological resources. T or F? -
correct answer ✔✔True
In Patagonia, researchers found that the middle part of the intertidal zone was comprised of
__________, in both exposed and protected sites. - correct answer ✔✔mussels
In the early part of the twentieth century, which of the following two views about the
determination of diversity was more popular? - correct answer ✔✔Diversity increases without
limit over time
Following are the relative abundance of 5 species in four hypothetical communities. Which
community has the highest diversity measured by Shannon-Wiener index? - correct answer
✔✔0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.16
If the richness of community "A" is lower than that of community "B", then - correct answer
✔✔"A" has fewer species than "B"
Primarily because of its greater topographic complexity, eastern Asia exhibits a __________
turnover in compositional similarity of floras with distance, relative to North America. - correct
answer ✔✔greater
When one tallies the species in a community by numbers of individuals, one typically finds that:
- correct answer ✔✔a few species are dominant, whereas most others are represented by
relatively few individuals.
If the richness of community "A" is higher than that of community "B", then - correct answer
✔✔"A" has more species than "B"
Increased species diversity among many species groups in the tropics (as compared to higher
latitude regions) appears to be the result of a greater variety of ecological resources. T or F? -
correct answer ✔✔True
In Patagonia, researchers found that the middle part of the intertidal zone was comprised of
__________, in both exposed and protected sites. - correct answer ✔✔mussels
In the early part of the twentieth century, which of the following two views about the
determination of diversity was more popular? - correct answer ✔✔Diversity increases without
limit over time
