NRES 102 Quizzes Week 1 + 2 – Flashcards
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Which of the following is not a trace element in living organisms?
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Carbon
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Rachel Carson was viewed as credible by the scientific community mostly because of her
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meticulous documentation of the findings reported in her book
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Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
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Oil reserves, buried deep below the surface of the ground
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Driving along a highway, you start noticing plants with tiny blue flowers. Several miles later, these flowers are very abundant. Then even further, the flowers become less abundant, until finally, you do not see them at all. The regions with just a few of these plants represented the plant's
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zones of stress
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Which one of the following is characteristic of a K-selected species?
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large body size
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Many wasps and bees have an hourglass-shaped body with prominent striping. Most also have a sting that they use for defense and/or for capturing prey. Tropical entomologists have long known that there are many other species of insects that lack a sting, such as flies, moths and beetles, that are remarkable mimics of bees and wasps. The mimics probably arose through
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long and slow modification through natural selection
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Sustainable solutions should
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incorporate the concerns of economists, ecologists, and sociologists
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Kudzu vine, chestnut blight, fire ants, and Japanese beetles are all examples of
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invasive species
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The Human Development Index
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is a UNDP program that tracks health, education, and living standards of all nations
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Consumers that eat plants rely upon
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chemical energy stored in organic molecules produced by photosynthesis
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Which of the following represents a market approach to environmental policy?
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Using a cap-and-trade system to control the levels of carbon dioxide released into the air
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Which of the following industries is most responsible for deforestation in the world?
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Farming for animal and crop production
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Volcanoes are triggered by
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movement of tectonic plates
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Many Thailand shrimp farms have been built in mangrove wetlands. Therefore, overall, the ecosystem capital in this particular region has
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decreased because the value of the shrimp farm is less than 10% of the value of services provided by the intact mangrove wetland
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Some drugs, such as taxol and Tamiflu that are currently used with great success to treat cancer and viral infections,
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are derived from wild plants
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The Endangered Species Act
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includes species recovery plans intended to help listed species survive and thrive.
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A large oak tree with its abundant leaves glimmering in the sun on an early fall morning represents
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an autotrophic producer
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Which of the following about food chains and food webs is true?
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Food chains are interconnected to form food webs
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In general, coral reef ecosystems globally
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are sensitive to pollution, physical breakage, and invasive species
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One of the greatest human impacts on natural ecosystems results from
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he disruption of natural biogeochemical cycles
