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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity?

• A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each
• A habitat with 10 different species with about 75 individuals each
• A habitat with 4 different species with about 150 individuals each
• A habitat with only one species with about 2000 individual

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When using the Simpsons Diversity Index formula, the biodiversity number must range between

• -1 and 1

• 0-1

• 0-10

• 0-100

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If 50 birds were captured and marked and then released and then a few days later 25 were caught and of those 5 were marked. What would the estimate of the population be?

• 500

• 250

• 75

• 200

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The number of deaths is less than the number of births

• negative growth rate

• positive growth rate

• zero growth rate

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What valid conclusion can you draw about the total deer population from the graph shown?

• The total deer population increased gradually over time

• An increase of limiting factors occured in the year 1900

• A decline in food sources occured from years 1750-1900

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Cutting down a rain forest and planting agricultural crops, such as coffee plants, would most likely result in

• a decrease in biodiversity

• an increase in the amount of energy recycled

• a decrease in erosion

• an increase in the amount of photosynthesis

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A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

• the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

• both populations should stay the same

• both populations will increase

• the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

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Based on the graph shown, what is the effect of removing a keystone species from an ecosystem?

• biodiversity goes up
• biodiversity goes down
• biodiversity stays about the same
• not enough information to tell

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What does the graph tell you about biodiversity between 1600 and 1959?

• biodiversity has increased
• biodiversity has decreased
• biodiversity has remained about the same
• not enough information to tell

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