BESC 201-Exam 1Questions and
Answers
Modern Market Economies generally do not address - Answer-aesthetic and cultural value
Aldo Leopard's "Land Ethic" essay - Answer-encourages actions that preserve biotic communities
Cassandras are - Answer-people who predict economic collapse and future struggles as we run out of
resources
First professionally trained forester. Founded the U.S. Forest Service. Followed the conservation ethic -
Answer-Gifford Pinchot
Which of the following is an assumption of neoclassical economics - Answer-Growth is good
What are Earth's structural spheres - Answer-lithosphere, hydroshpere, and atmosphere
Which american president increased protection of wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the
early 1900's - Answer-Theodore Roosevelt
, The process by which water moves from Earth's surface (such as inn lakes and rivers) to the atmosphere
- Answer-Evaporation
The majority of Earth's fresh water exists - Answer-in the form of ice
The phosphorus in all biological tissues can traced back to - Answer-phosphorus weathered from rock
Ecological modeling can help us ______ ecosystems services - Answer-understand
Macronutrients - Answer-are required in large amounts for organisms to survive
Ecotones are the - Answer-transitional zones between ecosystems
Negative feedback processes tend to function within ecosystems to - Answer-stabilize the ecosystem
which type of system has an inherently destabilizing effect - Answer-positive feedback loop
Density-dependent factors ________ - Answer-include the effects of disease, predators, and food on a
single species within a community
Flying squirrels competing with each other for truffles is an example of ________ - Answer-intraspecific
competition
Which biome would be found primarily in the temperate zone? - Answer-deciduous forest
Extinction is ________. - Answer-a natural process
Answers
Modern Market Economies generally do not address - Answer-aesthetic and cultural value
Aldo Leopard's "Land Ethic" essay - Answer-encourages actions that preserve biotic communities
Cassandras are - Answer-people who predict economic collapse and future struggles as we run out of
resources
First professionally trained forester. Founded the U.S. Forest Service. Followed the conservation ethic -
Answer-Gifford Pinchot
Which of the following is an assumption of neoclassical economics - Answer-Growth is good
What are Earth's structural spheres - Answer-lithosphere, hydroshpere, and atmosphere
Which american president increased protection of wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the
early 1900's - Answer-Theodore Roosevelt
, The process by which water moves from Earth's surface (such as inn lakes and rivers) to the atmosphere
- Answer-Evaporation
The majority of Earth's fresh water exists - Answer-in the form of ice
The phosphorus in all biological tissues can traced back to - Answer-phosphorus weathered from rock
Ecological modeling can help us ______ ecosystems services - Answer-understand
Macronutrients - Answer-are required in large amounts for organisms to survive
Ecotones are the - Answer-transitional zones between ecosystems
Negative feedback processes tend to function within ecosystems to - Answer-stabilize the ecosystem
which type of system has an inherently destabilizing effect - Answer-positive feedback loop
Density-dependent factors ________ - Answer-include the effects of disease, predators, and food on a
single species within a community
Flying squirrels competing with each other for truffles is an example of ________ - Answer-intraspecific
competition
Which biome would be found primarily in the temperate zone? - Answer-deciduous forest
Extinction is ________. - Answer-a natural process
