AI GENERATED MODEL - Ecosystem Interactions and Solutions Quiz

What is the term for the role an organism plays in its environment?

• habitat

• niche

• community

• species

An increase in the amount of nutrients in a lake is known as

• nutrification

• algal blooms

• eutrophication

The three Rs of solving the garbage problem are

• Rebekah, Rachel, and Ronda.

• replace, recover, and remove.

• remove, rewind, and recover.

• reduce, reuse, and recycle.

What is the main goal of environmental problem solving?

• A way to waste fossil fuels

• A solution for some environmental problems

• All of the options

• A sustainable world

How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?

• they can feed the animals

• they can put the animals in a zoo

• they can protect the animal’s habitat

• they can take the animal to new habitats

Which of the following is an example of secondary succession?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

An environmental change that removed which of these organisms from the ecosystem would cause the most instability in the ecosystem?

• Auklets

• Foxes

• Salmon

• Zooplankton

Which of the following is a common practice that leads to overgrazing?

• grazing cattle instead of sheep and goats

• getting into conflicts with neighbors over grazing rights

• using sheepdogs instead of human shepherds

• too many animals, lack of rotation, grazing at wrong times in plant life cycle

Which of the following best describes how stable conditions in an ecosystem affect populations of species?

• Populations fluctuate wildly regardless of conditions.

• Populations remain relatively consistent.

• Populations always increase.

• Populations always decrease.

Which of the following is a solution that can help reduce the negative impacts of human activities on biodiversity?

• Deforestation

• Establishing protected areas

• Overfishing

• Urban sprawl