Question 1

Efforts to sustain the key remaining grasslands and habitats in the Southwestern US includes all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) conservation easements 
B) pressure local governments to allow large-scale development in fragile areas 
C) ranchers reducing the impact of their herds 
D) using far less fertilizer and pesticides 
E) prevent large-scale development in fragile areas 
A) conservation easements 
B) pressure local governments to allow large-scale development in fragile areas 
C) ranchers reducing the impact of their herds 
D) using far less fertilizer and pesticides 
E) prevent large-scale development in fragile areas

Question 2

Clear-cutting does all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) eliminates most recreational value 
B) destroys and fragments wildlife habitats 
C) increases flooding and erosion 
D) enhances biodiversity 
E) increases pollution of streams 
A) eliminates most recreational value 
B) destroys and fragments wildlife habitats 
C) increases flooding and erosion 
D) enhances biodiversity 
E) increases pollution of streams

Question 3

The United Nations and conservationists around the world are using a design in which an inner core of a reserve is surrounded by two protective areas.This design is known as

Accepted Answer

A) habitat corridors 
B) buffer zone concept 
C) wilderness concept 
D) transition zones 
E) reserve concept 
A) habitat corridors 
B) buffer zone concept 
C) wilderness concept 
D) transition zones 
E) reserve concept

Question 4

Controlling or reducing the harmful impacts of tree diseases and insect pests on forests can be accomplished by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) introducing nonnative predators for the insects 
B) banning imported timber that might carry new diseases or insects 
C) developing genetically resistant tree species 
D) applying conventional pesticides 
E) using biological controls such as predaceous local bugs 
A) introducing nonnative predators for the insects 
B) banning imported timber that might carry new diseases or insects 
C) developing genetically resistant tree species 
D) applying conventional pesticides 
E) using biological controls such as predaceous local bugs

Question 5

Making ultra-soft toilet paper requires millions of trees to be cut down, more than half from old or second growth forests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Four of the following are measures to restore ecosystems; one is not.Choose the one that is not.

Accepted Answer

A) rehabilitation 
B) secondary succession 
C) replacement 
D) creating artificial ecosystems 
E) restoration 
A) rehabilitation 
B) secondary succession 
C) replacement 
D) creating artificial ecosystems 
E) restoration

Question 7

Which of the following is not a benefit coming from the Green Belt Movement begun by Wangari Maathai?

Accepted Answer

A) provides women an income to help them get out of poverty 
B) provides fruits and building materials 
C) provides fuelwood for cooking and heating 
D) provides continent wide distribution of wood products 
E) helps slow climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere 
A) provides women an income to help them get out of poverty 
B) provides fruits and building materials 
C) provides fuelwood for cooking and heating 
D) provides continent wide distribution of wood products 
E) helps slow climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Question 8

Brazil has more than ____________________% of the world's remaining tropical rain forests.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Brazil has more than ____________________% of the...

Question 9

Robert Costanza of the University of Vermont estimates the monetary worth of the earth's ecological services per year at which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) $150 billion 
B) $500 billion 
C) $1.5 trillion 
D) $33 trillion 
E) $500 trillion 
A) $150 billion 
B) $500 billion 
C) $1.5 trillion 
D) $33 trillion 
E) $500 trillion

Question 10

A second-growth forest is

Accepted Answer

A) an old-growth forest with lots of new seedlings 
B) an old growth forest with lots of weeds 
C) trees resulting from secondary succession 
D) an old growth forest that has been cut down with only weeds remaining 
E) grassland that has been planted with seedlings 
A) an old-growth forest with lots of new seedlings 
B) an old growth forest with lots of weeds 
C) trees resulting from secondary succession 
D) an old growth forest that has been cut down with only weeds remaining 
E) grassland that has been planted with seedlings

Question 11

In the last 8,000 years, humans have reduced the earth's original forest cover by about 23%.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Poor countries with tropical forests can be encouraged to protect their forests by making it financially attractive for them to do so using ____________________.

Accepted Answer

debt-for-n

Question 13

Efforts are under way to make charcoal out of fibers left over from processing sugar cane.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Forests cover about ____% of the U.S.land area.

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 3 
C) 10 
D) 30 
E) 50 
A) 0 
B) 3 
C) 10 
D) 30 
E) 50

Question 15

The value of ecological services provided by nature is seldom determined.Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-What is the value of nature's regulation of the climate in dollars per year?

Accepted Answer

approximat

Question 16

Someday, tree plantations may supply most of the world's demand for industrial wood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Four of the following are true about forests; one is not.Choose the one that is not true.

Accepted Answer

A) They are home to one-half of the world's people. 
B) Traditional medicine, used by 80% of the world's people, comes from forests. 
C) Chemicals from old-growth forests are used to make most medicines. 
D) Forests are habitat for two-thirds of terrestrial species. 
E) One-fourth of world's people depend on forests for their livelihoods. 
A) They are home to one-half of the world's people. 
B) Traditional medicine, used by 80% of the world's people, comes from forests. 
C) Chemicals from old-growth forests are used to make most medicines. 
D) Forests are habitat for two-thirds of terrestrial species. 
E) One-fourth of world's people depend on forests for their livelihoods.

Question 18

Michael Rosenzweig suggests we need to learn how to share with other species the spaces we dominate.He calls this new form of conservation biology

Accepted Answer

A) reconciliation ecology 
B) rehabilitation ecology 
C) refurbishment biology 
D) community building 
E) formation building 
A) reconciliation ecology 
B) rehabilitation ecology 
C) refurbishment biology 
D) community building 
E) formation building

Question 19

Burning of its forests accounts for 75% of all Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Researchers have suggested four principles for carrying out most forms of ecological restoration and rehabilitation.Which one of the following is not one of the principles?

Accepted Answer

A) Find the cause of the degradation. 
B) Stop the abuse by eliminating the causes. 
C) Encourage the development of economic zones in the ecosystem. 
D) Reintroduce species, especially keystone, foundation, and pioneer species. 
E) Protect the area from further degradation. 
A) Find the cause of the degradation. 
B) Stop the abuse by eliminating the causes. 
C) Encourage the development of economic zones in the ecosystem. 
D) Reintroduce species, especially keystone, foundation, and pioneer species. 
E) Protect the area from further degradation.

Exam 10: Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: the Ecosystem Approach

Efforts to sustain the key remaining grasslands and habitats in the Southwestern US includes all of the following except

Clear-cutting does all of the following except

The United Nations and conservationists around the world are using a design in which an inner core of a reserve is surrounded by two protective areas.This design is known as

Controlling or reducing the harmful impacts of tree diseases and insect pests on forests can be accomplished by all of the following except

Making ultra-soft toilet paper requires millions of trees to be cut down, more than half from old or second growth forests.

Four of the following are measures to restore ecosystems; one is not.Choose the one that is not.

Which of the following is not a benefit coming from the Green Belt Movement begun by Wangari Maathai?

Brazil has more than ____________________% of the world's remaining tropical rain forests.

Robert Costanza of the University of Vermont estimates the monetary worth of the earth's ecological services per year at which of the following?

A second-growth forest is

In the last 8,000 years, humans have reduced the earth's original forest cover by about 23%.

Poor countries with tropical forests can be encouraged to protect their forests by making it financially attractive for them to do so using ____________________.

Efforts are under way to make charcoal out of fibers left over from processing sugar cane.

Forests cover about ____% of the U.S.land area.

The value of ecological services provided by nature is seldom determined.Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -What is the value of nature's regulation of the climate in dollars per year?

Someday, tree plantations may supply most of the world's demand for industrial wood.

Four of the following are true about forests; one is not.Choose the one that is not true.

Michael Rosenzweig suggests we need to learn how to share with other species the spaces we dominate.He calls this new form of conservation biology

Burning of its forests accounts for 75% of all Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions.

Researchers have suggested four principles for carrying out most forms of ecological restoration and rehabilitation.Which one of the following is not one of the principles?

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