Chapter 5 Multiple Choice Questions

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. Which level of biological diversity is most commonly measured?

Genetic correct incorrect

Intraspecific correct incorrect

Species correct incorrect

Ecosystem correct incorrect

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. Which measurement of species diversity does not take into consideration the number of individuals within a species or population?

Species richness correct incorrect

Menhinick's diversity index correct incorrect

Simpson diversity index correct incorrect

Heterozygosity index correct incorrect

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. What is eDNA?

Easy DNA correct incorrect

Environmental DNA correct incorrect

Ecosystem DNA correct incorrect

Estuarine DNA correct incorrect

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. Which organisms are used as a natural eDNA sampler because of their ability to trap and concentrate bits of DNA?

Predatory polychaete worm correct incorrect

Sponge correct incorrect

Barnacles correct incorrect

Starfish correct incorrect

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. What type of biologist specializesin naming, defining, and classifying organisms?

Histologist correct incorrect

Cytologist correct incorrect

Taxonomist correct incorrect

Epidemiologist correct incorrect

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. Approximately what percentage of genes code for proteins in a typical genome?

50% correct incorrect

30% correct incorrect

10% correct incorrect

1% correct incorrect

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. In which year was Plymouth Sound designated the UK's first National Marine Park?

2017 correct incorrect

2018 correct incorrect

2019 correct incorrect

2020 correct incorrect

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. Which type of biodiversity is measured using the BIOTIC (the Biotic Traits Information Catalogue)?

Genetic diversity correct incorrect

Species diversity correct incorrect

Ecological diversity correct incorrect

Functional diversity correct incorrect

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. What was a major unintended effect of the phenomenal success of Phillip Henry Gosse's book The Aquarium?

It encouraged more students to study marine biology at university. correct incorrect

It resulted in the lowering of biodiversity on some seashores. correct incorrect

It encouraged members of the general public to visit the seashore to see marine life for themselves. correct incorrect

It led to an increase in marine conservation. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not, by itself, reduce unintended harmful consequences of studying marine life on a seashore?

Filling in the necessary paperwork correct incorrect

Minimizing handling of animals correct incorrect

Removing research equipment from a study site correct incorrect

Returning accidentally captured animals carefully and as quickly as possible to their natural habitat correct incorrect