Final Exam - exam 3

Question 1

Invasive fungi have managed to cause widespread loss of several important eastern deciduous trees including _______ and _______.

Answer 1

Elm and chestnut

Question 2

Ultimately what kills bats infected with white-nose syndrome is

Answer 2

starvation

Question 3

One of the effects of climate change is to alter nutriemt compositions of plants that in turn affect pollinators and herbivores. Scientists anticipate what nutrient changes?

Answer 3

Higher C:N ratio

Question 4

The quantity , quality, and frequency of arriving invasive plant species into non-indigenous areas is referred to as

Answer 4

Propagule pressure

Question 5

The range of species is importantly influenced by the boundaries dictated by temperature and precipitation, also known as

Answer 5

Climatic envelope

Question 6

Data over the past 65000 years for ice cores indicate that there is a strong positive relationship between temperature and

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide levels

Question 7

The two main molecular byproducts of fossil fuel consumption that contribute to the greenhouse effect are ______ that lasts about 10 years in the atmosphere but is 80x stronger in its ability to trap heat than ____ which sticks around about 100 years but is a weaker greenhouse gas

Answer 7

Methane

CO2

Question 8

The US state ______ is rather isolated and has the most exotic, invasive species and lost the greatest percentage of its bidiversity partially as a result.

Answer 8

Hawaii