You passed this Milestone
19 questions were answered correctly.
3 questions were answered
incorrectly.
1
Which of the following is a strategy associated with conservation
biology?
•
Designating a nature reserve to protect an endangered wildcat species.
•
Re-establishing a native species of pine tree in an area used previously by
loggers.
•
Exploring the interdependence of species within ecosystems on a global
scale.
•
Monitoring and evaluating groundwater quality in a formerly contaminated
site.
CONCEPT
Conservation Biology & Restoration Ecology
2
Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
•
Wind
•
Wood
•
Biomass
•
Petroleum
CONCEPT
Natural Resources
3
, Which statement is NOT true about energy and trophic levels within
a food web?
•
Most of the energy between trophic levels is lost in the form of metabolic
heat.
•
Secondary production introduces only 1% of new energy to the food chain.
•
The rate at which energy accumulates in plants depends on temperature,
sun and water.
•
About 90% of the energy available at one trophic level does not transfer to
the next.
CONCEPT
Food Chains and Food Webs
4
Which of the following is NOT an example of overexploitation?
•
Little more than one thousand bison existed in North America by the 1880s.
•
Fur processing in Canada is carefully regulated to protect both the animals
and the environment.
•
90 species of Asian turtles are collected in Singapore and Cambodia for
Chinese restaurants.
•
Slow-growing medicinal plants are harvested before they have a chance to
reproduce.
CONCEPT
Overexploitation
5
Population ecologists study which of the following characteristics?
•
19 questions were answered correctly.
3 questions were answered
incorrectly.
1
Which of the following is a strategy associated with conservation
biology?
•
Designating a nature reserve to protect an endangered wildcat species.
•
Re-establishing a native species of pine tree in an area used previously by
loggers.
•
Exploring the interdependence of species within ecosystems on a global
scale.
•
Monitoring and evaluating groundwater quality in a formerly contaminated
site.
CONCEPT
Conservation Biology & Restoration Ecology
2
Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
•
Wind
•
Wood
•
Biomass
•
Petroleum
CONCEPT
Natural Resources
3
, Which statement is NOT true about energy and trophic levels within
a food web?
•
Most of the energy between trophic levels is lost in the form of metabolic
heat.
•
Secondary production introduces only 1% of new energy to the food chain.
•
The rate at which energy accumulates in plants depends on temperature,
sun and water.
•
About 90% of the energy available at one trophic level does not transfer to
the next.
CONCEPT
Food Chains and Food Webs
4
Which of the following is NOT an example of overexploitation?
•
Little more than one thousand bison existed in North America by the 1880s.
•
Fur processing in Canada is carefully regulated to protect both the animals
and the environment.
•
90 species of Asian turtles are collected in Singapore and Cambodia for
Chinese restaurants.
•
Slow-growing medicinal plants are harvested before they have a chance to
reproduce.
CONCEPT
Overexploitation
5
Population ecologists study which of the following characteristics?
•
