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What are the four main factors affecting species richness and diversity?
Latitude, habitat size, time, distance from other communities
True or false: regarding queen conch, fishing practices tend to remove an assortment of individuals of different sizes, ages, and levels of reproductive fitness
False
Blue carbon refers to the carbon dioxide absorption by ______
seagrass beds
In the Bahamas, the substrate is made up of:
Limestone
True or false: Tall canopy trees are abundant throughout the bahamas
False
True or false: Over geologic time, reefs have been comprised of sponges, algae, and corals
True
What force has the greatest influence on tides?
Moon
What are the limiting factors for coral?
Warm sea temperatures, high light, and low turbidity
Hurricanes can positively impact mangroves by delivering __________
phosphorus
Based on island biogeography theory, what type of island has the most species?
Large and near
Climate in the Bahamas archipelago has ___ distinct seasons
2 distinct seasons: summer and winter
Common disturbances in the bahamas are:
Fires and hurricanes
Before 1973, the Bahamas was:
A British colony
True or false: San Salvador has about 1,000 residents
True
Scientific names established by Linnaeus are in what language?
Latin
San Salvador has nuisance insects such as what?
Mosquitos, roaches, and no-see-ums
Name the taxonomic domains
Eukarya, archaea, and prokarya
Kenny the woodcarver on San Salvador makes his carvings out of:
Wild tamarind
Organisms that are multicellular, heterotrophic, and have cell walls of chitin are in the kingdom:
Fungi
The kingdom that is made up of organisms that don’t fit elsewhere (heterotrophic, autotrophic, plant-like, animal-like)
Protista
What is the correct sequence of the levels of taxonomy (from big to small)?
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
True or false: Archaea and bacteria have eukaryotic cells
False
True or false: In the Bahamas archipelago, species started colonizing the land masses once they re-emerged during Pleistocene ice ages
True
Which group of organisms are better represented in island faunas because of colonization opportunities?
a. amphibians, reptiles, mammals
b. insects, birds, bats
c. neither
insects, birds, bats
Invertebrates that are multicellular but without tissues are ______
sponges
True or false: Reefs fouled by plastic are more likely to be diseased
True
Which group of seaweeds (algae) have the greatest number of species?
Red algae
Feather duster worms and fire worms are examples of the Phylum _______
Annelida
Which of the following is NOT a class of the Phylum Mollusca?
Arthropoda
The classes of Mollusca are: Gastropoda, Polyplacaphora, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
Are queen conch in the Bahamas endangered, abundant, or extinct?
Endangered
