Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions

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. Which of the following is NOT a driver of biodiversity loss?

Land use changes causing habitat loss and fragmentation correct incorrect

The impact of human-aided invasions of alien species correct incorrect

The conservation of green corridors correct incorrect

Human-induced climate change correct incorrect

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. The best current estimate for the size of the human population in 2021 is

10 billion correct incorrect

10–12 billion correct incorrect

9–10 billion correct incorrect

12–14 billion correct incorrect

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. The definition of a species as a group of individuals which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring is an example of

a physical definition correct incorrect

an evolutionary definition correct incorrect

a phylogenetic definition correct incorrect

a biological definition correct incorrect

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. In a food web, a functional group

groups together species that have similar ways of getting resources correct incorrect

groups together animals that form flocks to feed on the same resource correct incorrect

groups together plants that live in the same kind of habitat correct incorrect

groups together species that reproduce in the same way correct incorrect

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. The biologist who formulated the 'Four Whys' to summarise different ways in which biologists explain phenomena was

Charles Darwin correct incorrect

Burrhus Skinner correct incorrect

Carl Linnaeas correct incorrect

Niko Tinbergen correct incorrect

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. The phylogenetic explanation for a biological phenomenon is

an explanation based on mechanical evidence correct incorrect

an explanation based on the developmental processes behind the phenomenon correct incorrect

an explanation based on the evolutionary history of the phenomenon correct incorrect

an explanation based on the evolutionary costs and benefits of the phenomenon correct incorrect

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. Which animals feature in the classic dataset based on over 200 years of fur trapping in Canada?

Snowshoe hare and tortoise correct incorrect

Snowshoe hare and lynx correct incorrect

Rabbit and fox correct incorrect

Caribou and lynx correct incorrect

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. The principles of overproduction, competition, variation between individuals, and heritable characteristics are all key to which biological process?

Mendelian genetics correct incorrect

Formation of a climax community correct incorrect

Formation of a genetic bottleneck correct incorrect

Adaptation and evolution by natural selection correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT an aquatic habitat?

Freshwater correct incorrect

Marine correct incorrect

Arboreal correct incorrect

Brackish correct incorrect

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. How long did it take ecologists to discover why the UK population of Large Blue butterflies became extinct in 1979?

Eight years correct incorrect

Six years correct incorrect

Four years correct incorrect

Two years correct incorrect