Environmental Science Review.

Which statement accurately describes effective scientists?

• They are willing to believe in ideas, even if there is no supporting evidence.

• They usually accept what they hear from others.

• They prefer to deal with questions that involve opinions and personal preferences

• They are open to results that change and may even refute a previously accepted idea

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The easiest component of biodiversity to measure is

• ecosystem diversity

• species diversity

• genetic diversity

• ecosystem health

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Which is the most direct way in which biodiversity can provide a source of income?

• medicines

• ecotourism

• research

• agriculture

If current trends continue, the modern geologic era, known as the Quaternary period, may see the extinction of

• almost 20 percent of all species.

• more than half of all species.

• all species on Earth.

• one or two species per century.

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The Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the Siberian tigers living on them, are separated from other mountain regions in which the tigers could live. The mountains are an example of a(n)

• mass extirpation.

• invasive species.

• mass extinction.

• habitat fragment.

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of

• organizations that promote poaching.

• polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity.

• treaties to protect biodiversity.

• laws to increase the number of species.

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To manage, protect, and reintroduce threatened and endangered species are the goals of

• wildlife corridors.

• conservation concessions.

• Species Survival Plans.

• biodiversity hotspots.

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Which of the following is an example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats?

• captive breeding

• cloning

• Species Survival Plans (SSPs)

• mapping biodiversity hotspots

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Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity is called a

• debt-for-nature swap.

• conservation concession.

• Species Survival Plan.

• wildlife corridor.

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A region that includes tigers, eagles, lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other types of organisms would be described as having a high level of

• taxonomic diversity.

• genetic diversity.

• ecosystem diversity.

• species diversity.

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