Quiz about Chapter 13- Restoration Ecology

Question 1

Conversion of an agricultural field into a tall grass prairie by planting native grasses and reintroducing native herbivore species

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Restoration

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Mitigation

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Bioremediation

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Reclamation

Question 2

Returning a strip mine to its original topography and replanting with native plant species

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Reclamation

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Mitigation

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Bioremediation

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Restoration

Question 3

Using oil degrading microorganisms on an oil spill from a tanker

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Bioremediation

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Mitigation

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Restoration

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Reclamation

Question 4

Building a new wetland to replace one filled in during construction

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mitigation

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Bioremediation

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Restoration

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Reclamation

Question 5

Adding lime to a pond acidified by acid deposition

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Bioremediation

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Mitigation

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Restoration

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Reclamation

Question 6

Wetlands are ecologically important because they

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serve as habitat for waterfowl

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have little species diversity

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cannot be used to grow crops

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destabilize shoreline

Question 7

A buffalo commons is

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a proposal to return rangeland to native animals

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an example of forest management

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proposed by Aldo Leopold as part of his "land ethic"

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a provision of the CWA of 1977

Question 8

Bison are best described as which type of species?

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Keystone

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Indicator

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Invasive

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Fundamental

Question 9

Wetland restoration could involve all of the following EXCEPT

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building a new wetland

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removal of alien species

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intensive replanting of native species

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prevention of waste discharge

Question 10

Which of the following is the BEST reason not to allow building permits on floodplains?

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When flooding now occurs, human lives and property are at risk

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The soil lacks essential nutrients

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Floodplains of rivers overflow with water every year

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Levees cannot ever be expected to protect homes and buildings from flooding

Question 11

Ecological restoration is defined as

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the process of repairing damage caused by humans to the biodiversity of natural ecosystems

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creating an emergency action strategy to protect biodiversity hot spots

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identifying what places should be protected and connected by corridors

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setting aside lands that cannot be developed and are limited to only hikers and campers

Question 12

Who was a pioneer in Restoration?

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Aldo Leopold

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John Muir

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Teddy Roosevelt

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Gifford Pinchot

Question 13

Which is NOT a reason why bison maintain prairies?

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Bison outcompete invasive species

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Trampling of their hooves disturbs the ground and aerates it

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Buffalo chips left behind fertilize the soil

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None of these are correct

Question 14

Floods are worse after levees are built and wetlands are drained because

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water moves into rivers more quickly

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rainfall becomes more intense per unit area

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the total volume of water increases

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all of these are reasons floods are worse after levees are built and wetlands are drained

Question 15

Wetlands and floodplains control flooding by

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temporarily storing water

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diverting water to other drainage basins

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evaporating most of the water

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helping rain flow faster into rivers

Question 16

Using intense physical or chemical methods to clean and repair severely degraded or even totally barren

sites is known as

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reclamation

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mitigation

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rehabilitation

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re-creation

Question 17

Planting a type of plant that naturally cleans the soil would be an example of

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bioremediation

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reclamation

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mitigation

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rehabilitation

Question 18

The largest and richest of all U.S. estuaries is a filled-in river valley,

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Chesapeake Bay

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Delaware Bay

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New Orleans

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the Everglades

Question 19

The Florida Everglades are in danger because humans

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have diverted much of the water away from the Everglades to control flooding and to drain farmland

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have imported alien species that are taking over

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over fished the area

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dumped tons of polluted sewage into the area

Question 20

The law that protects streams and wetlands by requiring discharge permits for dumping waste into surface

waters is known as the

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Clean Water Act

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Endangered Species Act

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CITIES treaty

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RCRA

Question 21

The University of Wisconsin restored some tallgrass prairies after they discovered that

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fires were important because they remove nitrogen, which gives native plants an advantage

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hand-planting native grasses is the only way to be successful

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removing bison and cattle was essential to reestablishing the tallgrass prairies

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spreading seeds was the best way to reestablish the tallgrass prairies

Question 22

American tallgrass prairie has disappeared due to

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conversion of the land to corn and soybean fields

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cattle grazing

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fire suppression

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development for human habitation

Question 23

One problem that has taken place in savannas is a jumble of shrubs and trees invading the grassland. This problem is because of

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elimination of fire and grazing animals

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grazing by bison and elk

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invasion of nonnative weeds

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monocrop tree forestry

Question 24

The first step in ecological restoration is to

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remove physical stressors in the area

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begin replanting the ecosystem

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import species that do well in the ecosystem

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control invasive species in the area

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