WorksheetsEcology - Ch. 56 & 57
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When considering ecosystem services, what category would include protecting Native American burial lands?
Supporting
Cultural
Provisional
Regulating
Primary production tends to be lowest:
Near the poles
Near the equator
In a soybean field
In a temperate grassland
Soil formation is considered as which type of ecosystem service?
Cultural
Provisional
Regulating
Supporting
The total amount of carbon fixed by primary producers in an ecosystem is:
Gross Primary Production
Gross Secondary Production
Net Primary Production
Carbon Cycle
Which field of biology focuses on increasing populations of game species?
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
Wildlife Management
Game Management
Which nutrient cycle is this a depiction of?
Sulfur
Potassium
Nitrogen
Carbon
As of 2022, what percentage of mammals were considered threatened with extinction?
12%
27%
38%
21%
Ocelots face many threats. They once lived in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, and Arkansas, but only about 30 individuals now survive in the U.S., although they are still widely distributed across south and central Mexico. How does the construction of a longer/taller border wall impact the conservation of the ocelot?
Increased habitat destruction and fragmentation.
Inability to migrate.
Isolation of U.S. gene pool, resulting in reduced fitness.
The border wall will not impact ocelot conservation.
The border wall will impact ocelot conservation in all of the above ways.
500 kcal of energy are fixed by a soybean plant. The soybean plant uses 375 kcal for cellular respiration. What is the NPP?
375 kcal
125 kcal
500 kcal
25 kcal
Conservation Biology's primary goal is:
Studying extinct speces
Keeping species extant
Creation of nature preserves
Optimizing human/animal interactions
