Exam 57: Biological Diversity and Conservation Biology

Differentiate between the effects of global warming and ozone depletion.

Differentiate between the following terms: threatened species and endangered species.

Which of the following has increased as a direct result of stratospheric ozone depletion?

What is a practice in which farmers often follow loggers' access roads, cut down the trees, burn the area, and plant crops immediately?

The greenhouse gas presently at highest concentration in the Earth's atmosphere is methane.

An example of commercial harvest is the introduction of a foreign species into an area where it is not native.

When a species dies, the species is said to be

Biotic pollution has been particularly harmful to native species

Biologists generally agree that climate change will have an especially severe effect on ____

Which of the following will prevent the further buildup of greenhouse gases?

Some animals are facing extinction as a direct result of deliberate efforts to exterminate them because of their perceived harm to economically useful species. Examples of these include

Ozone molecules in the stratosphere shield the Earth from damaging UV radiation.

An example of an animal already extinct as a result of overhunting is the

Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages to in situ and ex situ conservation?

A species' numbers are so severely reduced that it is in imminent danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range. This species would be considered

The introduction of a foreign species into an area where it is not native is called

Describe the results of deforestation that exclude the loss of habitat and biodiversity.