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Assignment:
1. Why do regions of high geographic relief often also have higher biodiversity than flat areas?
A) they're better for collecting water
B) they get more sunlight
C) there are more places to hide
D) they often contain more than one type of habitat due to the changes in elevation
2. Whats likely to be true of a population with an age structure that's pyramid-shaped?
A) it's expected to grow slowly
B) it's expected to decline in population size over time
C) this age structure is characteristic of zero population growth.
D) it has the potential for rapid growth in the future
3. ________describes the positive benefits that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people.
A) habitat preservation
B) Biodiversity
C) culture
D) Ecosystem
4. Movement of nitrogen from the atmosphere to soil can be acomplished by :
A) animal waste production
B) burning of fossil fuels
C) nitrogen-fixing bacteria
D) weathering of rocks
5. Humans effect on the environment, which includes a combination of what they consume and they waste they produce , is their :
A) environmental history
B) sustainability
C) ecological fingerprint
D) ecological footprint
6. The angular distance of an area north or south the equator is known as:
A) longitude
B) biosphere
C) latitude
D) climatic zones
7. When a population grows past the ecosystem carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
A) the population continues to grow
B) the population will find a new carrying capacity
C) the population decreases to carrying capacity
D) the population will go extinct due to lack of resources
8. The process by which the land productivity decreases is called:
A) organic agriculture
B) deforestation
C) desertification
D) crop rotation
9. Living in a way that doesn't damage or degrade the earths biosphere is known as:
A) capitalism
B) ecology
C) conservation biology
D) sustainability