Ecology Quiz (populations and biodiversity)

One way that humans could have a positive impact on local environments is to:

• generate waste products as a result of technological advances

• increase the use of pesticides

• increase planting large areas of one crop

• use resources that are renewable

Which has more biodiversity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the follow are characteristics of a slow life history organisms?

• smaller bodies

• Few offspring

• many offspring

• short life span

______ is the complete dying out of a species.

• Endangered

• Thriving

• Extinction

• Threatened

• Exponential growth (J-curve)

• Logistic growth (S-curve)

Losing a species does not affect humans

• True

• False

Which of the following are examples of density-dependent factors?

• Natural Disasters

• Competition

• Available Resources

• Disease

Which biomes are the most biodiverse on earth?

• Tropical Rainforests

• Tundra

• Coral Reefs

• Dessert

What type of growth do we see with the human poulation?

• Logisitic

• Linear

• Exponential

Which of the following are a threat to biodiversity?

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