Restoration Ecology

What are the pioneer organisms in the locations listed below?

• oak, hickory and palm trees

• grasses and lichens

• shrubs and palm trees

• mosses and shrubs

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Which process is represented in the diagram below?

• energy flow

• biological evolution

• cellular communication

• ecological succession

Answer explanation

The diagram is showing the replacement of one type of community by another until the stable climax community, which remains until it is destroyed by a catastrophe such as a fire.

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Changes in an ecosystem over a long period of time are shown in the diagram. These changes will most likely lead to a

• stable ecosystem that can last for many years

• loss of heterotrophs that cannot be recovered

• long-term rise in environmental temperatures

• forest consisting of only producers and decomposers

Answer explanation

This diagram is showing succession, the replacement of one type of community by another until the stable climax community, which remains until it is destroyed by some catastrophe.

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The graph shows the masses of different types of plants found in an area of the Adirondack Mountains after a forest fire occurred. The mass of plants shown in the graph refers to the mass of a number of

• populations

• decomposers

• ecosystems

• communities

Answer explanation

There are different types of trees in the ecosystem. Plant populations make up the mass.

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Which of the following catastrophic events is likely to lead to secondary succession?

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• landslide & volcanic eruption

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• landslide & tsunami

Answer explanation

A landslide and a tsunami would destroy a lot of the ecosystem but would leave soil behind.

A volcanic eruption would completely erase any living things organisms in an ecosystem and the ecosystem would have to start all over without any soil.

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What is the practice of helping a degraded or destroyed ecosystem recover from damage called?

• Economic

• Ecology

• Ecological Restoration

• Regulation

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What is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment?

• Economic

• Ecology

• Natural Resource

• Sustainability

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deliberate alteration of a damaged habitat or ecosystem to a state close to its original one

• reconciliation ecology

• biodiversity hotspot

• ecological restoration

• wilderness area

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forests resulting from secondary ecological succession that develop after the trees in an area have been removed by human activities or by natural forces

• deforestation

• old growth/primary forest

• tree plantation

• second growth forest

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. This keystone species restored the park’s ecosystem. What is the ecological value of a keystone species?

• they influence the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.

• they prevent the ecosystem from changing and growing.

• they protect land and water resources within the ecosystem.

• They decrease the number of unwanted species in an ecosystem.