Ge6200 Long Quiz 002

GE6200 - Environmental Science
Long Quiz 002
This refers to ecosystems based on climate and dominant plant life.

Select one:
a. Biome
b. Biogeography
c. Biotic province
d. Habitats
Which of the following statement is true about the effect of geology and geography?
Select one:
a. Natural environmental disturbances have no effect on biodiversity.
b. Biodiversity across Earth is not evenly distributed.
c. Elevation does not influence biodiversity.
d. Humans' general effect to biodiversity is increased diversity.
Most developing countries have this kind of age structure.

Select one:
a. Rapid
b. Negative
c. Zero
d. Slow
Biodiversity is greatly influenced by climate.

Select one:
True
False
It is defined as the variety of life on earth.

Select one:
a. Habitat diversity
b. Species diversity
c. Genetic diversity
d. Biodiversity
Aquaculture involves the growing of mussels, tilapia, milkfish and other animals as source of
food.
Select one:
True
False
It is defined as the change in inherited characteristics of a population from generation to

generation.
Select one:
a. Mutation
b. Biodiversity
c. Genetic drift
d. Biological evolution
What are the genetically-engineered crops?

Select one:
a. Mutant crops
b. Genetically modified crops (GMOs)
c. Gen-ngi crops
d. Gene crops
In convergent evolution, species evolve into the same species.

Select one:
True
False
What type of system response can best describe human population growth?
Select one:
a. Linear growth
b. Stable growth
c. Oscillating growth
d. Exponential growth
What is the condition characterized by a lack of specific chemical components of food?

Select one:
a. Undernourishment
b. Malnourishment
c. Marasmus
d. Kwashiorkor
Which does not affect the global population?

Select one:
a. Births
b. All of the above
c. Deaths
d. Migration
Which increases diversity?

Select one:
a. Isolation
b. Moderate fires in forests and grasslands
c. Environmental stress
d. Limitation in supply of essential resource
What does an inverted pyramid age structure mean?

Select one:
a. There are more old people
b. None of the above
c. There are more young people
d. There are equal number of young and old people
Which of the following statements is false?

Select one:
a. Pasture is a plowed, planted area and harvested to provide forage for animals.
b. Pasture is for grazing and browsing animals without plowing and planting.
c. Rangeland and pasture are where the herds and domestic animals are kept.
d. Rangeland is for grazing and browsing animals without plowing and planting.
Which is a reason for valuing biodiversity?

Select one:
a. Ecological
b. Spiritual
c. All of the Above
d. Aesthetic
What is the condition characterized by insufficient calories on available food when has little or
no ability to work and may eventually die?
Select one:
a. Undernourishment
b. Kwashiorkor
c. Malnourishment
d. Marasmus
Which is a measure of biodiversity?

Select one:
a. Functional diversity
b. Species diversity
c. Habitat diversity
d. All of the above
What are the factors that influence the growing of crops and rearing of animals?
Select one:
a. Physical and human factors
b. Physical and chemical factors
c. Capital and environmental factors
d. Chemical and human factors
The Philippines has a declining age structure.

Select one:
True
False
This refers to an introduction of a foreign or exotic species to a place which may impact
negatively the other indigenous species.
Select one:
a. Biogeography
b. All of the above
c. Exotic species introduction
d. Biological invasion
Overuse of fertilizers does not have an effect on the environment.
Select one:
True
False
Which of the statement is true?

Select one:
a. A biotic province is about whom is related to whom while a biome is about niches and
habitats.
b. Biomes cannot occur across continents because it is generally influenced by climate.
c. Deserts, grasslands, and rainforests are types of biotic provinces.
d. Species with similar form and function but with different genetic make up cannot exist.
What is not a type of interaction between species?

Select one:
a. Competition
b. Symbionts
c. Predation
d. Symbiosis
Which of the following is true?

Select one:
a. All insects are useful and beneficial to agriculture.
b. Pests are helpful organisms.
c. Nematodes are live organisms on the soil and feed on the roots and other plant tissues.
d. Bacteria and viruses are beneficial to crops.
What is the method by which humans grow crops and rear animals for food?
Select one:
a. Rearing
b. Cropping
c. Farming
d. Agriculture
Which is not right about the theory of island biogeography?

Select one:
a. Smaller islands have fewer species
b. After a long time, the island tends to maintain a constant number of species
c. Two sources of new species in islands: migration from mainland and migration from other
islands
d. Islands have fewer species than continents
Which is not an example of human factors affecting agriculture?

Select one:
a. Rainfall
b. Labor
c. Attitudes
d. Accessibility
What is an ecological island?

Select one:
a. Any island that can support life and other organisms.
b. Real islands which support various ecologies
c. Small islands which limited ecological support
d. Not necessarily real islands but are separated habitats from major habitats of the same kind
The advancement of agriculture has led to people influencing the environment.

Select one:
True
False

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What are biomes and biotic provinces?

What are biomes and biotic provinces?

What factors influence biodiversity?

What factors influence biodiversity?

GE6200 - Environmental Science

Long Quiz 002

This refers to ecosystems based on climate and dominant plant life.

Most developing countries have this kind of age structure.

Biodiversity is greatly influenced by climate.

It is defined as the variety of life on earth.

It is defined as the change in inherited characteristics of a population from generation to

What are the genetically-engineered crops?

In convergent evolution, species evolve into the same species.

What is the condition characterized by a lack of specific chemical components of food?

Which does not affect the global population?

Which increases diversity?

What does an inverted pyramid age structure mean?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which is a reason for valuing biodiversity?

Which is a measure of biodiversity?

The Philippines has a declining age structure.

Which of the statement is true?

What is not a type of interaction between species?

Which of the following is true?

Which is not right about the theory of island biogeography?

Which is not an example of human factors affecting agriculture?

What is an ecological island?

The advancement of agriculture has led to people influencing the environment.

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