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NRES 101 Quizzes

What is an invasive Species - Answer A species that lands in a new place and upsets the natural balance. The cause of majority of extinctions today. Examples of Invasive Species - Answer Kudzu, cheatgrass, brown tree snake What is the best way to deal with invasive species? - Answer 1. Don't let them in 2. Triage Approach: Prevention, Eradicatoin, Control 3. Monitor the species 10s Rule - Answer Approx. 10% of all exotic plants that are brought to a new region will escape to the wild...

NRES 101 Quizzes

NRES 101 Species Population and Environmental Influence Exam Questions with Correct Answers 2023/2024 Have early humans been implicated in the death of the megafauna (e.g. mammoths)? A. True B. False - correct answer A. True Which is NOT a leading reason for the current extinction of species? A. Invasive Species B. Habitat Loss C. Pollution D. Hunting - correct answer C. Pollution Which of these are responsible for the environmental degradation of the Illinois River. A. The introdu...

T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selection - genetic drift

NRES 101 Quizzes

NRES 101 Midterm 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selec...

NRES 101 Midterm

NRES 101 Midterm 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selec...