APES Review units 6 & 9

Which of the following are ways that an invasive species may enter an aquatic ecosystem?

I. Releasing the ballast water of ships.

II. Dumping household aquariums into lakes.

III. Escaping a coastal aquaculture farm.

• I only.

• II only.

• III only.

• I and II only.

• I,II, and III.

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Introduced species can become pests because they;

• Produce only a few young after a long period of gestation.

• Inhabit only niches that have recently become available after the local extinction of another species.

• Can live in many niches, easily adapting to many variables and eating a wide variety of food.

• Have a low genetic variability, enabling them to live in a wide variety of habitats.

• Increase biodiversity because they attract more species to the areas in which they settle.

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Which of the following is least likely a cause of a species becoming endangered?

• Introduction of invasive species

• Selective breeding in zoos

• Overhunting

• Habitat destruction

• Pollution

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The depleation of the world's marine fish stocks due to overfishing is an example of;

• The sustainable use of resources.

• The competitive exclusion principle.

• The failure of international treaties.

• The eminent domain principle.

• The tragedy of the commons.

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The sale of a large forest to a developer causing the building of roads, logging, and urban development would most likely lead to;

• An increase in the number of indicator species because the loss of species durring development would cause the remaining species to become indicators.

• An increase in biodiversity because niches are created along roads where the trees are cut down and in new urban areas.

• A net increase in available biomass because more sunlight is available for autotrophs.

• A loss of biodiversity because of habitat fragmentation, since small populations of species are more vulnerable to predation, competition, and disease.

• A decrease in invasive species because they would have a difficult time surviving in fragmented land that has lost many of its resources.

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Fill in the blank: Nuclear Power is generated through ____________, where atoms of Uranium-235 are split into smaller parts after being struck by a neutron.

• fusion

• electricity

• fission

• neutrons

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A home is built with clear glass panels that allow sunlight to pass through. This is an example of

• Active solar

• Passive solar

• Parabolic collector

• Photovoltaic Cells

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Which renewable energy does not require spinning a turbine?

• hydroelectric

• wind

• tidal

• photovoltaic cells

Deposits of natural gas are most numerous in ________.

• the Middle East
• Panama
• South America
• USA and Russia

Biomass energy ________.

• requires fossil fuel input to produce
• produces no greenhouse gases when burned
• can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung
• is a form of fossil fuel