Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions

. Which of the following best describes the level of biodiversity you would expect to see on a land-bridge island?

Higher than on the mainland.

Lower than on similar sized oceanic islands.

Higher than on similar sized oceanic islands.

Steadily increasing.

. Which of the following statements does NOT describe why micro-ecosystems are so valuable in modelling populations and biodiversity?

They are relatively cheap.

Changes in micro-ecosystems take many years to complete.

They contain smaller organisms which have short life cycles.

Population extinctions can be observed in the laboratory.

. Humans are changing the natural world by creating islands from previously continuous habitats. This process is known as

global warming.

depopulation.

fragmentation.

deforestation.

. What percentage of ancient forest was lost in Germany between 1780 and 2008?

94.2

92.4

100

8.5

. Which is the only North American National Park to contain its original balance of mammalian species?

Teton-Yellowstone

Bryce Canyon

Yosemite

Banff-Jasper

. The ecologist who produced the 2010 UK report 'Making space for nature' was

Sir David Attenborough

Professor Francis Gilbert

Professor Sir John Lawton

Professor Sir John Holman

. At the end of the last Ice Age, Egypt was much cooler and wetter than it is today. How long ago was this?

1000 years ago

7500 years ago

5000 years ago

2500 years ago

. What is the English name of the species Pseudophilotes sinaicus?

The Silver-studded Blue

The Large Blue

The Sinai Baton Blue

The Brown Argus

. What is the main food plant of Pseudophilotes sinaicus?

Parsley

Sage

Rosemary

Thyme

. As a result of years of data collection in South Sinai, scientists have decided that the Pseudophilotes sinaicus populations exhibit the characteristics of

a micropopulation.

a metapopulation.

a megapopulation.

a climax population.

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