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What is extinction? correct answer: The loss or death of a species What is mass extinction? correct answer: A decline in biodiversity greater than the background extinction rate What is background extinction? correct answer: Background extinction occurs when certain populations are reduced to zero because of normal environment change, emerging disease, predation pressure, or competition with another species How are mass extinctions detected and how many have been detected? correct an...

CHAPTER 3—ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY WORK? MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Scientists estimate that tropical rain forests contain up to half of the earth’s land plants and animal species. What percentage of the world’s land surface do tropical rain forests cover? a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 10 e. 12 ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 3-0 Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New 2. The disappearance of the tropical rain forests is an importa...

Test bank for Ecology: The Economy of Nature 9e 9th Edition by Rick Relyea. ISBN-13: 5542 Full Chapters test bank included Chapter 1 An Introduction to Ecology 1.1 Ecological Systems Exist in A Hierarchy of Organization Individuals Populations Communities Ecosystems The Landscape The Biosphere 1.2 Physical and Biological Principles Govern Ecological Systems Conservation of Matter and Energy Dynamic Steady States Evolution 1.3 Different Organisms Play Diverse Roles in Ecological...

Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms 15th Edition by Michael Madigan, Kelly Bender, Daniel Buckley, W. Sattley & David Stahl 9780134261928| Complete Guide A+. Brock Biology of Microorganisms 15th Edition Test Bank by Madigan Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11e (Madigan/Martinko) Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology 1) Which statement is not true as a general rule? A) Microbial cells exist as single cells or in cell clusters. B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes indep...

RECA Unit 7 Quiz Latest Update Graded A+ What are Alberta's six natural water sources? A) Surface water, rain water, rivers, river basins, lakes, and wetlands B) Surface water, rivers, river basins, frozen water, lakes, and springs C) Surface water, rivers, river basins, lakes, wetlands, and springs D) Surface water, rivers, river basins, lakes, wetlands, and wells C Which of the following statements are correct regarding a Conservation Easement? 1. A Conservation Easement allows ...

What is the difference between a microorganism and an organism? - Microorganisms are organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. What is an organism, according to your textbook? - Any living entity composed of one or more cells. Which of the following statements about Percival Lowell's conclusions is correct? Mark all that apply. - Lowell was wrong about there being a vast civilization of intelligent creatures on Mars. Lowell was right that the white areas he observed at the poles co...

Why did amphibians move to land? - Unexploited food and niches - aquatic niches occupied - Lack of large terrestrial predators - Low O2 in warm water - unlimited O2 on land What are the three main diversifications of reptile and amphibian phylogeny? When did they begin to diversify? Ichthyostega - Paleozoic Devonian Leptospondyli - Paleozoic Carboniferous Temnospondyli - Paleozoic Carboniferous What was the name of the radiation that created the groups of amphibians we see today? When wa...

Bio 182 Exam 1 (Chapter 45-50) || With Questions & Answers (100% Correct) Bio 182 Exam 1 (Chapter 45-50) || With Questions & Answers (100% Correct) At what levels of life are focused on while studying ecology? - ANSWER - -organismal -population -community -ecosystem What is the difference between a biotic and abiotic factor in the environment? - ANSWER - -Biotic interactions are interactions among living things -Abiotic interactions are between organisms and their nonliving environme...

What is the difference between a microorganism and an organism? - Answer-Microorganisms are organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. What is an organism, according to your textbook? - Answer-Any living entity composed of one or more cells. Which of the following statements about Percival Lowell's conclusions is correct? Mark all that apply. - Answer-Lowell was wrong about there being a vast civilization of intelligent creatures on Mars. Lowell was right that the white areas he o...

Why is water an important resource? What are some of the most important human uses of water? - Answer-- Water in the earth's atmosphere buffers temperature. This property of water makes life on earth possible. - Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and other things we use, and use it to grow crops What is the name of the aquifer located on the Southern Great Plains that provides much of the drinking and irrigation water for our area? - Answer-Ogallala Aquifer What is the cash cr...