APES UNIT 8

Which of the following phenomenon is NOT likely to be a potential consequence of habitat fragmentation?

A. A decrease in the proportion of edge habitat.

in the US the definitions of endangered and threatened are

A. similar to IUCN definitions of threatened and near threatened

In north American, honey bees should be considered ...

B. An exotic species

Which go the following phenomenon challenges the concept of Kuznets curve

B. LEAp fogging by underdeveloped nationS

Which of the following factors is responsible for annual fluctuations in atmospheric CO2 concentration?

B. Primary production during the spring and summer

Scientists can analyze the _________ of foraminifera in ocean sediments to detect past changes in ________

B. Species composition / water temp

Which of these organizations is Not and international organization

B. USEPA

Black soot causes global warming by

B. lowering the albedo of snow

Over harvesting a species for sport medicinal or industrial purposes may alter the _______ associated with that species.

C. III only Ecological interactions

Which following is most likely to cause a negative feedback loop with regard to global climate change?

C. Primary production

the biocentric worldview believes that

C. humans are one of many species on each and each has equal inartistic value

Oceans acidification is primarily caused by

C. increased atmospheric CO2

The UNEP

C. is responsible for gathering environmental info and induction research

From 1980 to 1990 the concentration of CO2 increased...

D. 410

Which of the following is a potential consequence of glacial melting due to global warming?

D. II and III loss of thermalhaline circulaiton and global rises in sea level

Which of the following best describes US in Kyoto protocol in 2001?

D. The argreement did not required sufficient reductions of carbon emissions of china and india despite large pop.

In a local town.... Which categories of instrumental values do these arguments consider

D. The farmer is considering the support services of the wetland; the business owner is considering the cultural services of the wetland

in diagram... significant sources of methane?

D. iii and iv livestock landfill

Which of the following factors is least likely to be a consideration when applying the concept of SLOSS to the conservation of a population of a species?

E. The IUCN risk categorization of the species.

Graph...

E. v (bottom right)