Chapter 10 Biodiversity Test

The variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes within and between ecosystems refers to:

• Ecosystem diversity

• Species diversity

• Genetic diversity

• None of the above

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How do humans benefit from biodiversity?

• Food

• Income

• Aesthetics (aka fun)

• All of the above

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A species that is so critical to the functioning of an ecosystem that when they are removed, the ecosystem collapses.

• Critical species

• Cornerstone species

• Keystone species

• Alpha species

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When a population shrinks, so does its diversity, but if a population increases again, the diversity:

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays reduced

• None of the above

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Form of tourism that supports the conservation of ecologically unique areas.

• Ecotourism

• Bio-toursim

• Intro-tourism

• Zoo tourism

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The primary cause of the current mass extinction?

• Sun radiation

• Earths axial tilt

• Unknown

• Human activities

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A species that is likely to become extinct if protective measures are not taken immediately:

• Threatened species

• Endangered species

• Poached species

• None of the above

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A species that has a declining population and that is likely to become endangered if it is not protected.

• Threatened species

• Endangered species

• Poached species

• None of the above

A species that is not native to a particular region.

• Exotic species

• Threatened species

• Endangered species

• All of the above

Illegal hunting of animals.

• Permit hunting

• Permit fishing

• Poaching

• All of the above

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