Ecosystem Services

Question 1

What was Dr. Paul Cox?

Answer 1

A plant physiologist

Question 2

Why did Dr. Cox choose Samoa?

Answer 2

It has great biodiversity

Question 3

Variety among organisms and ecological systems at all levels of organization?

Answer 3

Bio diversity

Question 4

Range of natural resources provided by ecosystems?

Answer 4

Natural capital

Question 5

Conditions and processes of natural ecosystems and species that provide some human value?
Eg: pollination by bees or wind

Answer 5

Ecosystem services

Question 6

What should be a human goal?

Answer 6

To sustain current standards and minimize negative impacts

Question 7

Why care about bio diversity?

Answer 7

Biodiversity benefits humans an others

Question 8

What do plants evolve to produce as they adapt to other species?

Answer 8

Toxins

Question 9

Why are plants continuously evolving?

Answer 9

To stay ahead of pressures from herbivores

Question 10

Can plants gain medicinal properties as they adapt to other species?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What did the Samoans process to produce drug to treat hepatitis C?

Answer 11

Mamala tree

Question 12

The study of the relationships existing between people and plants, focusing on understanding how plants are used and managed across different societies and cultures?

Answer 12

Ethnobotany

Question 13

What were once the primary form of healthcare and inspiration for new drugs?

Answer 13

Chemical weapons from plants

Question 14

Western medicine replaced natural sources with what?

Answer 14

Pharmacology and lab-based chemistry

Question 15

International trade in medicinal plants topped what?

Answer 15

100 billion in 2011

Question 16

What determines the ecological footprint of a population?

Answer 16

Size and amount of resources used/ person

Question 17

What were the findings from the Hydrologic Station study?

Answer 17

More water
Cleaner water
More buomass
Less CO2
More O2

Question 18

What is the Global GNP of the US

Answer 18

18 trillion

Question 19

How much has Colony Collapse Disorder affected all of U.S commercial honeybee colonies?

Answer 19

At least half

Question 20

How much do honeybees pollinate in crops each year in the US?

Answer 20

15 billion

Question 21

What are symptoms of Colony collapse disorder?

Answer 21

Failure to return to hive/ no evidence of dead bodies
Rapid losses in large #s
Queen bee and adequate food supply left behind
Insects don’t immediately invade abandoned hive

Question 22

What happened to the Aral sea in-order to irrigate plants?

Answer 22

There was a diversion of inflowing rivers

Question 23

What are the consequences of the diversion of the Aral sea?

Answer 23

Potential to disappear
Salt concentration increased
Fishing has ceased
Drinking water quality declined
Concentration of toxins & increase of disease

Question 24

When was the Nile Perch introduced to Lake Victoria?

Answer 24

1950s

Question 25

What was the Nile perch linked to?

Answer 25

-Linked to extinction of native fishes

-Local fishermen pushed out by large commercial operations

• forest loss due to tree clearing for firewood

Question 26

Non target species that get captured and discarded, often after they are dead?

Answer 26

Bycatch

Question 27

What does TED stand for?

Answer 27

Turtle Excluder Device

Question 28

Did prostatin fight cancer?

Answer 28

No

Question 29

What is prostatin good for?

Answer 29

HIV