Chap 9

Question 1

World’s Largest Rainforest

Answer 1

Amazon Rainforest

Question 2

Amazon Rainforest covers portion of?

Answer 2

Brazil, Colombia, Peru

Question 3

Roughly triangle area

Answer 3

Coral Triangle

Question 4

Global Center of Marine Biodiversity

Answer 4

Coral triangle

Question 5

How many building reef building corals mentioned

Answer 5

798 reef building corals

Question 6

76% of the world’s coral species are found in

Answer 6

Coral triangle

Question 7

Bio means?
Diversity means?

Answer 7

Bio- Life
Diversity- Variety

Question 8

The term life and variety coined by?

Answer 8

Walter Rosen 1985

Question 9

encompasses the variety of all life

Answer 9

Biodiversity

Question 10

continuously shaped by natural processes
influenced by human activities.

Answer 10

Biodiversity

Question 11

TRUE AND FALSE: Biotic - Non living things

Answer 11

False

Question 12

TRUE AND FALSE: Abiotic - non living things

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Biodiversity forms the web of?

Answer 13

LIFE

Question 14

The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystem.

Answer 14

1992 Convention on Biological Diversity

Question 15

not the sole measure of biodiversity

Answer 15

species count

Question 16

a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect, and restore habitats, and
prevent species from extinction.

Answer 16

habitat conservation

Question 17

Indicator species

Answer 17

Measure of the environment condition

Question 18

Example of indicator scpecies

Answer 18

• Crown of thorns starfish
• Golden Snails

Question 19

One of the big competitors of the coral reefs in the marine biodiversity

Answer 19

CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH (COTS)

Question 20

assessment of coral reefs because it is a significant coral predator.

Answer 20

Cots

Question 21

useful determinant of the production in rice harvest

Answer 21

golden snail

Question 22

– encompasses the biotic and abiotic component
in an environment, as well as their relationships and
interactions.

Answer 22

ecosystem

Question 23

refers to the relative proportions
of different species in an ecosystem.

Answer 23

Relative abundance

Question 24

Types of biodiversity

Answer 24

1. Genetic D.
2. Species D.
3. Community or Ecosystem D.
4. Functional D.

Question 25

identifies how much resources environments
low genetic diversity to organisms in the same species and species an ecosystem has

Answer 25

Variety in biodiversity

Question 26

Refers to the variability of different species represented in a community

Answer 26

Species diversity

Question 27

Refers to the variation in the genes of a species of individuals

Answer 27

Genetic Diversity

Question 28

Refers to the variety of ecosystems in a given region.

Answer 28

Community/ Ecosystem D.

Question 29

Refers to the range of things an organism does in communities and ecosystems.

Answer 29

Functional D.

Question 30

Variety commonly measured by counting all species in an area.

Answer 30

Species Richness

Question 31

Manner which species behave, obtain food, and use the natural recourses.

Answer 31

Functional D.

Question 32

describe as a linear network of links in a food
web. More detailed process.

Answer 32

FOOD CHAIN

Question 33

natural inter-connection of food
chain and a graphical representation of what eats what.

Answer 33

FOOD WEB/ FOOD CYCLE