Previous quizzes

Question 1

What are the four main factors affecting species richness and diversity?

Answer 1

Latitude, habitat size, time, distance from other communities

Question 2

True or false: regarding queen conch, fishing practices tend to remove an assortment of individuals of different sizes, ages, and levels of reproductive fitness

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Blue carbon refers to the carbon dioxide absorption by ______

Answer 3

seagrass beds

Question 4

In the Bahamas, the substrate is made up of:

Answer 4

Limestone

Question 5

True or false: Tall canopy trees are abundant throughout the bahamas

Answer 5

False

Question 6

True or false: Over geologic time, reefs have been comprised of sponges, algae, and corals

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What force has the greatest influence on tides?

Answer 7

Moon

Question 8

What are the limiting factors for coral?

Answer 8

Warm sea temperatures, high light, and low turbidity

Question 9

Hurricanes can positively impact mangroves by delivering __________

Answer 9

phosphorus

Question 10

Based on island biogeography theory, what type of island has the most species?

Answer 10

Large and near

Question 11

Climate in the Bahamas archipelago has ___ distinct seasons

Answer 11

2 distinct seasons: summer and winter

Question 12

Common disturbances in the bahamas are:

Answer 12

Fires and hurricanes

Question 13

Before 1973, the Bahamas was:

Answer 13

A British colony

Question 14

True or false: San Salvador has about 1,000 residents

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Scientific names established by Linnaeus are in what language?

Answer 15

Latin

Question 16

San Salvador has nuisance insects such as what?

Answer 16

Mosquitos, roaches, and no-see-ums

Question 17

Name the taxonomic domains

Answer 17

Eukarya, archaea, and prokarya

Question 18

Kenny the woodcarver on San Salvador makes his carvings out of:

Answer 18

Wild tamarind

Question 19

Organisms that are multicellular, heterotrophic, and have cell walls of chitin are in the kingdom:

Answer 19

Fungi

Question 20

The kingdom that is made up of organisms that don’t fit elsewhere (heterotrophic, autotrophic, plant-like, animal-like)

Answer 20

Protista

Question 21

What is the correct sequence of the levels of taxonomy (from big to small)?

Answer 21

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 22

True or false: Archaea and bacteria have eukaryotic cells

Answer 22

False

Question 23

True or false: In the Bahamas archipelago, species started colonizing the land masses once they re-emerged during Pleistocene ice ages

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Which group of organisms are better represented in island faunas because of colonization opportunities?

a. amphibians, reptiles, mammals
b. insects, birds, bats
c. neither

Answer 24

insects, birds, bats

Question 25

Invertebrates that are multicellular but without tissues are ______

Answer 25

sponges

Question 26

True or false: Reefs fouled by plastic are more likely to be diseased

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Which group of seaweeds (algae) have the greatest number of species?

Answer 27

Red algae

Question 28

Feather duster worms and fire worms are examples of the Phylum _______

Answer 28

Annelida

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a class of the Phylum Mollusca?

Answer 29

Arthropoda

The classes of Mollusca are: Gastropoda, Polyplacaphora, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda

Question 30

Are queen conch in the Bahamas endangered, abundant, or extinct?

Answer 30

Endangered