APES: Ch 10 - Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity

Which type of logging results in intermediate-aged or mature trees in uneven-aged forests cut singly or in small groups?

• selective cutting

• clear cutting

• strip cutting

• tree plantation

Areas identified by conservation biologists as having high plant diversity and/or where ecological services are being impaired are called

• biodiversity hotspots

• wilderness lands

• biosphere reserves

• buffer zones

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fires that burn away flammable ground material and help prevent more destructive fires are called

• crown fires

• ground fires

• surface fires

• wildfires

Allowing logging in U.S. National Forests results in each of the following except

• promoting economic growth

• building more roads leading to habitat fragmentation

• losing of jobs and other employment opportunities

• damaging nearby rivers and fisheries

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of these is a primary cause of tropical deforestation?

• fires

• poverty

• flooding

• mining

What is the overall largest problem facing most U.S. National Parks?

• popularity and its impact

• poaching

• off-road vehicles

• water pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Unfenced, non-managed grasslands in tropical and temperate climates that supply forage for grazing animals are called

• rangelands

• pastures

• steppes

• savannas

Overgrazing occurs when too many animals graze for too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a rangeland area. Overgrazing causes all of the following except

• exposure of the soil to wind erosion

• enhanced invasion by inedible plant species

• reduced grass cover

• increased retention of water

With only 2% of its forests remaining, which of the following countries has gone from tropical paradise to ecological disaster?

• Jamaica

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Belize

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, or other uses, is called

• deforestation

• reforestation

• monoculture agriculture

• strip cutting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5