CCE12 Conservation and Restoration Ecology: CC Ecology 12

What is the main focus of conservation biology?

• Calculating the speed of light

• Studying the expansion of the universe

• Measuring the biodiversity of an ecosystem and determining how to protect it

• Analyzing the structure of atoms

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What is the term used to describe a hazardous waste site that the government is in charge of cleaning up?

• Superfund site

• Superclean site

• Superfun site

• Superhazard site

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What is the 'extinction vortex'?

• A process of increasing biodiversity

• A dynamic where low population and low genetic diversity feed off each other, causing a species to spiral into extinction

• A type of tornado that affects ecosystems

• A method of cleaning up toxic waste

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What is the minimum viable population?

• The average size of a population

• The largest size a population can reach

• The smallest size at which a population can survive and sustain itself

• The number of species in an ecosystem

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What is bioremediation?

• Building new structures in ecosystems

• Adding chemicals to clean up waste

• Using organisms to help remove toxins

• Removing invasive species

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What is biological augmentation?

• Introducing new species to an ecosystem

• Building dams to control water flow

• Removing harmful substances from an ecosystem

• Adding organisms to restore materials that are gone

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What is the main goal of restoration ecology?

• Analyzing weather patterns

• Measuring the speed of plant growth

• Studying the behavior of animals

• Restoring broken ecosystems

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What is structural restoration?

• Studying the genetic diversity of species

• Introducing new species to an ecosystem

• Building new structures in ecosystems

• The removal and cleanup of human impact causing problems

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What is the main focus of small-population conservation?

• Measuring the biodiversity of an ecosystem

• Studying large populations of animals

• Identifying species and populations that are really small and boosting their numbers and genetic diversity

• Analyzing the structure of plants

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What is ecosystem diversity?

• The number of plants in a forest

• The genetic diversity within a species

• The number of species in an ecosystem

• The variety of different ecosystems within an area

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