WorksheetsMidterm_Quiz1_ENV101
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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?
25000
1000
400
2000
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?
Genetic diversity
Habitat diversity
Biodiversity
Species richness
Which of the following is the worst culprit when it comes to activities threatening species with extinction?
Chemical pollutants
Habitat destruction
Overharvesting
Disease
Whose cooperation does maintaining biodiversity require?
Scientists
Informed Citizens
Nations
All of the above
If the death rate in a population is greater than the birth rate:
The population will generally decrease.
The population will remain the same.
The population will increase.
The birth rate will rise.
A rabbit, possum and an owl are all members of the same:
species
niche
community
population
The number of individuals in an area of a specific size:
population
population density
quadrat
demography
Use the graph to answer the question about changes in the squirrel population.Over which time period(s) did the population increase?
From 1994-1997
From 1992-1994
From 1994-1996
From 1997-1999
Biodiversity is
A type of coconut
Animal species
The spread of all living things
Plant species
Which of the following environments have the most biodiversity?
Sahara Desert
Amazon Rainforest
North Pole
Mt Everest
What would be a good way to preserve biodiversity?
By not littering
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Not driving as often
All of the above
The number of species in a community is referred to as the
keystone species
ecosystem productivity
species diversity
species richness
highly disparate group that was formerly its own kingdom until recent genetic analysis indicated that it should be split in to many kingdoms
Kingdom Fungi
Protists
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Plantae
Humans belong to what domain?
Domain Eukarya
Domain Archaea
Domain Bacteria
Kingdom Fungi
Species that can be found in some of the most inhospitable environments belong to _________.
Domain Eukarya
Domain Archaea
Domain Bacteria
Kingdom Fungi
Animals sometimes use camouflage to become more effective predators.
True
False
Yeast is an example of multicellular fungi.
True
False
Evolution involves the process through which the characteristics of a species change over time, which can ultimately cause new species to arise.
True
False
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.
True
False
Habitat restoration is the process of bringing an area back to its natural state, before it was impacted through destructive human activities
True
False
