Practice Exam

Question 1

Deschampsia flexuosa does not have the morpholgical features of a … …

Answer 1

shade plant

Question 2

Rendzina soils have a thin . horizon, low .. concentrations

They do not have high .. concentrations

Answer 2

A, phosphorous

iron

Question 3

forest maximum was in the … period between …-..BC

Answer 3

Atlantic

5500-3000

Question 4

immigration of trees in south east england

…-..-..-..

Answer 4

birch, pine, elm, oak

Question 5

heather moorland is burned on 8-15 yr cycle to encourage regrowth of .. .. heather for ..

and to prevent heather aging so that its canopy .. and …

Answer 5

edible young, grouse

opens, collapses

Question 6

calluna vulgaris grows from an .. bud

Answer 6

apical

Question 7

Soil phosphorous has low availability in calcareous grasslands due to … pH values

Answer 7

high

Question 8

Wind does not transport high loads of .. from intensive agricultural areas to the …

Answer 8

NH3, East

Question 9

average N deposition is expected to .. by 2050 (vs 1990s)

Answer 9

double

Question 10

…, … and .. all link extreme events to climate change

Answer 10

droughts, heatwaves, rainfall extremes

Question 11

soil-water bucket concept suggests more extreme rainfall patterns will increase stress to .., systems

Answer 11

mesic

Question 12

arctic foxes take a year longer for a population reduction after a RoS event as .. still exists, improving chance for .. breeding

Answer 12

carrion, spring

Question 13

pressure from human demand for freshwater means …% of contental discharge considered to have moderate to highly threatened biodiversity

Answer 13

65%

Question 14

climate velocity is the speed at which a point needs to move horizontally to maintain a constant …

Answer 14

climate

Question 15

if CO2 emissions peak by 2030, the number of species losing 50% of their range would reduce by ..

Answer 15

40%