Question 1

Rotational grazing allows grazing livestock to

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A)   Use the most fertile pastures continuously
B)   Use a small area for a short time
C)   Produce more young animals with less range
D)   Depend more on domestic pastures
E)   Use only the most nutritious plants in a pastureF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

Fuelwood accounts for nearly half of global wood consumption.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The first symptom of range overgrazing is usually

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A)   Gullying
B)   The absence of trees
C)   The compaction of soils
D)   Desertification
E)   The disappearance of palatable plant speciesF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Fire prevention efforts have actually increased the chances of very big fires by allowing fuel to accumulate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If managed carefully, ecotourism benefits natural areas by giving economic value to land and water resources

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A)   That have no other value
B)   That no one is interested in
C)   That never existed before
D)   Without destroying them
E)   All of these are economic benefits of carefully managed ecotourismF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following statements about old-growth forests is true?

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A)   Humans do not reside in old-growth forests.
B)   Old-growth forests have been without disturbance of any kind for at least 100 years.
C)   The largest remaining areas of old-growth forests are in North America.
D)   They include temperate rainforests, tropical rainforests, boreal forests, and deciduous forests.
E)   None of the above is true.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

On a global scale, fuelwood harvests

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A)   Make up about half of all wood harvests
B)   Make up only 1% of industrial timber harvests
C)   Are far greater than industrial timber harvests
D)   Make up about 10% of all wood harvests
E)   Are mainly in developed countriesF) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

Compare and contrast an old-growth (primary) forest with a tree farm.

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Old growth forests have the following ch...

Question 9

A disadvantage of monoculture forestry is that it is

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A)   Difficult to harvest with clear-cut methods
B)   Deficient in providing ecological services
C)   Difficult to replant
D)   Economically inefficient
E)   More time-consuming to replantF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Nomadic pastoralists live by

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A)   Foraging and hunting
B)   Raising seasonal crops
C)   Herding grazing animals
D)   Raising chickens, ducks, and pigs
E)   All of these are correctF) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

What are the most endangered aquatic areas?

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A)   Sea mounts
B)   Tide pools
C)   Coral reefs
D)   Mangrove forestsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

The _______ encourages the division of protected areas into zones with different purposes and levels of human impact.

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A)   Man and Biosphere Program
B)   Biosphere Reserve
C)   Chipko Andolan Movement
D)   IUCN World Conservation StrategyE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the preserve shapes shown would support the most species that require a core area?

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A)   A
B)   B
C)   C
D)   D
E)   All of the shapes have about the same measurementsF) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Why is there a need to reeducate people about the role of fire in natural systems?

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A)   People are still throwing away cigarette butts that can start forest fires.
B)   People who camp are not putting their campfires out causing fires in inaccessible areas.
C)   People do not understand that fire is a natural part of many biological ecosystems.
D)   People are well educated about fire and do not need to be reeducated.
E)   People are starting fires in wilderness areas to make the area available for logging.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

What percentage of the world's forests is under some level of protection?

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A)   8
B)   12
C)   26
D)   37
E)   42F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Which nation currently has the highest deforestation rate?

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A)   Burundi
B)   Russia
C)   Japan
D)   India
E)   CanadaF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

The world's largest tropical forest is in

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A)   Southeast Asia.
B)   South America.
C)   Africa.
D)   India.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Of all the old-growth forests that stood in the United States before the European settlement, how much remains today?

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A)   About 50%
B)   About 35%
C)   Slightly over 25%
D)   About 15%
E)   Less than 10%F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following is the branch of science that focuses on relationships between large scale spatial patterns and ecological processes?

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A)   Population ecology
B)   Landscape ecology
C)   Restorative ecology
D)   Forest ecologyE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Spotted owls became the subjects of national controversy in 1989 because the Forest Service was forced to

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A)   Plant thousands of acres of new habitat
B)   Limit logging to save habitat
C)   Halt all mineral exploration
D)   Cease issuing hunting permits
E)   Build roads into forestsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Exam 12: Biodiversity: Preserving Landscapes

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Of all the old-growth forests that stood in the United States before the European settlement, how much remains today?

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If managed carefully, ecotourism benefits natural areas by giving economic value to land and water resources

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A disadvantage of monoculture forestry is that it is

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The world's largest tropical forest is in

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The _______ encourages the division of protected areas into zones with different purposes and levels of human impact.

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On a global scale, fuelwood harvests

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