Unit 2 APES Review Quiz

Which of the following would be categorized as a cultural ecosystem service of forests?

• Timber and landscape materials

• Soil stabilization and air purification

• Recreation and scenic areas for tourism

• Mushroom and plant harvests

Based on the theory of island biogeography, which of the following is the most likely reason that an island in the ocean that is 5 kilometers from a continent would have a higher number of species than one that is 15 kilometers from a continent

• There are more species that have the ability to travel 5 kilometers than can travel 15 kilometers.

• Islands that are closer to continents always have a wider range of habitats than more distant islands do.

• There are smaller populations of each species on islands that are at greater distances from continents.

• Islands that are closer to continents always have more ecological niches than more distant islands do.

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Which of the following correctly describes the disruption of an ecosystem service by an anthropogenic activity?

• Regulating services are disrupted by flash flooding from a hurricane, which decreases available food resources.

• Provisioning services are disrupted by increased combustion of fossil fuels, which leads to an increase in air pollution.

• Supporting services are disrupted by an earthquake that causes habitat destruction, which displaces plants and animals.

• Cultural services are disrupted by a tornado that causes the loss of acres of forest, which reduces the amount of harvestable timber.

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Which of the following events would likely occur after a glacier retreat where bare rock was exposed?

• Secondary Succession

• ecological tolerance

• primary succession

• intraspecific competition 

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which of the following is not an ecosystem service

• cultural services

• provisioning services

• biodiverse services

• regulating services

Which of the following statements about levels of biodiversity is correct?

• Genetic biodiversity is a measure of the total number of genes in a community.

• A narrow distribution of habitats leads to an increase in species diversity.

• Global hotspots are areas where species diversity is thriving due to habitat restoration.

• A population with high genetic biodiversity is better able to respond to environmental stressors.

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Which of the following best explains how environmental stressors, such as wildfires, can affect biodiversity in an ecosystem?

• After an environmental stress, a genetic bottleneck may occur, which will increase genetic diversity.

• Habitat diversity will increase the available niches if the landscape becomes more uniform after a disturbance.

• Ecosystems with more species diversity are more likely to recover after a disturbance than ecosystems with low species diversity.

• Smaller populations are less likely to go extinct than larger populations, so the species diversity will remain constant.

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A 163 square-kilometer (km2) small island is found 2,000km from the mainland. A second, larger, 230,000km2 island is found 1,000km from the mainland. Based on the theory of island biogeography, which of the following statements is most likely true about the small island when compared with the large island?

• The rate of immigration is lower for the small island than for the large island.

• The small island has niches that are more like the mainland than the large island.

• The small island has more available resources than the large island.

• The rate of species extinction is lower on the small island than on the large island.

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Ecological tolerance is refers to

• the natural disturbance of an ecosystem

• the set of conditions a species thrives under

• a species whose presence, abundance, or absence indicates the health of an ecosystem

• man made disturbances to an ecosystem

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A volcano erupts, covering a small island in the south pacific. After the eruption, when would the species richness of the ecosystem have been the lowest?

• Before the volcanic eruption occurred

• One to four years after the volcanic eruption

• Four to ten years after the volcanic eruption

• Ten to fourteen years after the volcanic eruption

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