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Midterm_Quiz1_ENV101

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If 100 frogs are captured, marked, and released into the Sulu Sea Tropical Forest, then a second trapping 250 frogs are captured and 50 of them are marked. Using the equation of mark and recapture, what is the population size?

a)

25000

b)

1000

c)

400

d)

2000

2.
  1. If you were to measure the degree of difference between all of the dogs that share a species in a town, what would you be measuring?

a)
  1. Genetic diversity

b)
  1. Habitat diversity

c)
  1. Biodiversity

d)
  1. Species richness

3.
  1. Which of the following is the worst culprit when it comes to activities threatening species with extinction?

a)
  1. Chemical pollutants

b)
  1. Habitat destruction

c)
  1. Overharvesting

d)
  1. Disease

4.

Whose cooperation does maintaining biodiversity require?

a)
  1. Scientists

b)

Informed Citizens

c)

Nations

d)

All of the above

5.

If the death rate in a population is greater than the birth rate:

a)

The population will generally decrease.

b)

The population will remain the same.

c)

The population will increase.

d)

The birth rate will rise.

6.

A rabbit, possum and an owl are all members of the same:

a)

species

b)

niche

c)

community

d)

population

7.

The number of individuals in an area of a specific size:

a)

population

b)

population density

c)

quadrat

d)

demography

8.
  • Use the graph to answer the question about changes in the squirrel population.Over which time period(s) did the population increase?

a)
  • From 1994-1997

b)
  • From 1992-1994

c)
  • From 1994-1996

d)
  • From 1997-1999

9.
  • Biodiversity is

a)
  • A type of coconut

b)
  • Animal species

c)
  • The spread of all living things

d)
  • Plant species

10.
  • Which of the following environments have the most biodiversity?

a)
  • Sahara Desert

b)
  • Amazon Rainforest

c)
  • North Pole

d)
  • Mt Everest

11.

  • What would be a good way to preserve biodiversity?

a)
  • By not littering

b)
  • Reduce Reuse Recycle

c)
  • Not driving as often

d)
  • All of the above

12.

The number of species in a community is referred to as the

a)

keystone species

b)

ecosystem productivity

c)

species diversity

d)

species richness

13.

highly disparate group that was formerly its own kingdom until recent genetic analysis indicated that it should be split in to many kingdoms

a)

Kingdom Fungi

b)

Protists

c)

Kingdom Animalia

d)

Kingdom Plantae

14.

Humans belong to what domain?

a)

Domain Eukarya

b)

Domain Archaea

c)

Domain Bacteria

d)

Kingdom Fungi

15.

Species that can be found in some of the most inhospitable environments belong to _________.

a)

Domain Eukarya

b)

Domain Archaea

c)

Domain Bacteria

d)

Kingdom Fungi

16.

Animals sometimes use camouflage to become more effective predators.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Yeast is an example of multicellular fungi.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Evolution involves the process through which the characteristics of a species change over time, which can ultimately cause new species to arise.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Paris Agreement is an international agreement that came out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that committed countries to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2012.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Habitat restoration is the process of bringing an area back to its natural state, before it was impacted through destructive human activities

a)

True

b)

False