Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity Quiz

What is one of the ingredients in popular chocolate candies that is grown on farms near the rainforest where orangutans live?

• Sugar

• Cocoa

• Milk

• Palm oil

Why is finding a solution to the palm oil problem challenging?

• Palm oil farms are not land-efficient

• Palm oil does not provide stable income for farmers

• Orangutans do not depend on palm oil for survival

• Palm oil farms are both land-efficient and provide stable income for farmers

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What happens to orangutan populations when less forest space is available to them?

• Orangutan populations increase

• Orangutan populations decrease

• Orangutan populations remain the same

• Orangutan populations become extinct

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How do oil palm farming impact other populations of animals?

• It has no impact on other animal populations

• It increases the populations of other animals

• It decreases the populations of other animals

• It has a mixed impact on other animal populations

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How do rainforests and oil palm systems differ in terms of resources and their resilience to disruptions?

• Rainforests have more resources and are more resilient to disruptions

• Oil palm systems have more resources and are more resilient to disruptions

• Rainforests have more resources but are less resilient to disruptions

• Oil palm systems have more resources but are less resilient to disruptions

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Which of the following farming approaches is less harmful for orangutans and other living things?

• Large-scale monocrop farms

• Small-scale monocrop farms

• Agroforestry systems

• Hydroponic systems

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What do more biodiverse plant communities support?

• Orangutans

• Farmers

• Other living things

• None of the above

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What happens to orangutan populations when there are major disruptions in resource availability?

• Orangutan populations increase drastically

• Orangutan populations decrease drastically

• Orangutan populations remain stable

• Orangutan populations become extinct

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What can running multiple trials on an experiment provide?

• More data to get more certainty about the conclusions

• Less data to get more certainty about the conclusions

• No additional data to get more certainty about the conclusions

• More data to get less certainty about the conclusions

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What is the purpose of the simulations conducted in this unit?

• To observe how orangutan population sizes increase only

• To observe how orangutan population sizes decrease only

• To observe how orangutan population sizes fluctuate

• To observe how orangutan population sizes remain stable

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