Hosted by Mr. Manskopf Biodiversity Endangered Population General Ecology 200 200 200 200 400 400 400 400 600 600 600 600 800 800 800 800 1000 1000 1000 1000 d. desert Which biome would have the lowest net primary production? a. tropical rain forest b. temperate grassland c. coral reef d. desert Row 1, Col 1 c. endangered species. A species that is at serious risk of extinction is called a(n) a. threatened species. b. invasive species. c. endangered species. d. extirpated species. 1,2 a. grass In a food web that consists of grass, mice, deer, coyotes, and hawks, which species is likely to have the greatest biomass? a. grass b. mice c. coyotes d. hawks 1,3 c. migration. Every spring, many species of bird travel north to the Arctic to breed, and in the fall travel south again for the winter. This is an example of a. immigration. b. emigration. c. migration. d. population growth. 1,4 c. coral reefs Which biome would have the highest net primary production? a. savanna b. boreal forest c. coral reefs d. desert 2,1 c. habitat change and fragmentation By far, the biggest cause of biodiversity loss today is a. climate change. b. over harvesting. c. habitat change and fragmentation. d. pollution. 2,2 a. primary producer. Any being that uses the sun’s energy to create sugars is a a. primary producer. b. secondary producer. c. primary consumer. d. secondary consumer. 2,3 d. the rate of background extinction In a mass extinction, the rate of extinction exceeds a. 99%. b. 85%. c. the rate of environmental change. d. the rate of background extinction. 2,4 b. Endangered Species Act In the United States, what is the major law that protects biodiversity? a. Convention on Biological Diversity b. Endangered Species Act c. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service d. Species Survival Plan 3,1 a. wildlife corridor. There is a plan to establish an 8000-kilometer-long strip of land across eight southeast Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat. This is an example of a a. wildlife corridor. b. worldwide biodiversity treaty. c. captive breeding program. d. conservation concession. 3,2 b. secondary succession In the years immediately after a fire, a forest will experience a. primary succession. b. secondary succession. c. tertiary succession. d. a climax community. 3,3 a. predation. An interaction in which an individual of one species kills and consumes an individual of another is called a. predation. b. parasitism. c. herbivory. d. symbiosis. 3,4 d. increase the stability of an ecosystem High levels of biodiversity tend to a. have little or no effect on ecosystems. b. decrease an ecosystem’s resistance. c. make an ecosystem less resilient. d. increase the stability of an ecosystem. 4,1 d. extinction When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur? a. evolution b. speciation c. genetic drift d. extinction 4,2 a. 35 grasshoppers/10 square meters Which is the highest population density of grasshoppers? a. 35 grasshoppers/10 square meters b. 40 grasshoppers/20 square meters c. 1 grasshopper/1 square meter d. 50 grasshoppers/30 square meters 4,3 a. classify aquatic ecosystems. Criteria such as salinity, depth, and whether the water is flowing or standing are used by scientists to a. classify aquatic ecosystems. b. measure net primary productivity in lakes. c. distinguish aquatic ecosystems from terrestrial ecosystems. d. determine the number of species in a body of water. 4,4 a. increases toward the equator. The latitudinal gradient is a natural pattern in which species diversity generally a. increases toward the equator. b. decreases toward the prime meridian. c. decreases in warmer climates. d. increases toward the poles. 5,1 a. 5 In the history of the world, how many mass extinctions have occurred? a. 5 b. 7 c. 10 d. 13 5,2 a. logistic growth. A population of wolves is reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. For the first decade, the wolf population grows exponentially. Then, the population growth slows. The new pattern is known as a. logistic growth. b. limiting factors. c. carrying capacity. d. exponential growth. 5,3 b. photic zone Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life— both producers and consumers? a. aphotic zone b. photic zone c. benthic zone d. All have roughly the same amounts of life. 5,4