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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which community has higher species evenness?
Community A
Community B
- 2. Fill in the Blank
What is the species richness of the community?
- 3. Multiple Choice
Species richness is
a measure of how all of the individual organisms in an ecosystem are balanced between the different species.
the total number of different species found in an ecosystem
- 4. Multiple Choice
True or false: An ecosystem with high genetic diversity is healthier than an ecosystem with low genetic diversity.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
These are goods taken directly from natural resources.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
- 6. Multiple Choice
These generate money through recreation at a National Park.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
- 7. Multiple Choice
These provide living spaces for plants or animals and maintain a diversity of plants and animals and are the basis of all ecosystems and their services.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
- 8. Multiple Choice
These maintain the quality of air and soil and provide flood and disease control.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which island would be the most biodiverse?
Small island far from the mainland
Small island close to the mainland
Large island close to the mainland
Large island far from the mainland
- 10. Multiple Choice
Species diversity ___ the further from the mainland.
decreases
increases
stabilizes
- 11. Multiple Choice
A solution to habitat fragmentation is
building ecosystem ladders
building more zoos
building more islands
building wildlife corridors
- 12. Multiple Choice
The maintenance of species and genetic diversity is considered a ___ service.
cultural
provisioning
supporting
regulating
- 13. Multiple Choice
Predators controlling a population of pests that destroy crops is considered a ___ service.
cultural
provisioning
supporting
regulating
- 14. Multiple Choice
A hurricane is a(n) ___ disturbance.
anthropogenic
natural
- 15. Multiple Choice
True or false: primary succession has to finish first before secondary succession starts up.
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
Secondary succession begins
on bare, exposed rock.
after a disturbance like a wildfire.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is a keystone species?
A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone
Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology
A species that lives in or around rocks
A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together
- 18. Multiple Choice
Based on the graph shown, what is the effect of removing a keystone species on an ecosystem?
richness oscillates between extremes
richness stabilizes
richness increases
richness decreases
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