Chapter 1 Chapter Quiz

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. Declining biodiversity is a major concern in the twenty-first century. Based on current knowledge, protecting Earth’s biodiversity can probably best be accomplished by

promoting a continued increase in human population. correct incorrect

promoting a continued increase in resource use per capita. correct incorrect

greatly increasing the practice of conservation biology. correct incorrect

greatly increasing the practice of environmental activism. correct incorrect

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. Conservation ecology includes all these goals except

documenting Earth’s biodiversity. correct incorrect

political activism to protect the natural environment. correct incorrect

developing methods to prevent species extinction. correct incorrect

investigating human impacts on species, genetic variation, and ecosystems. correct incorrect

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. Of these four actions, which one conforms most precisely to the field of conservation biology, rather than environmentalism?

Lobbying a congress member to pass an environmental protection bill. correct incorrect

Requiring students in a school district to take a course in ecology. correct incorrect

Students leaving school to protest lack of action on climate change. correct incorrect

Studying the impact of sewage pollution on fish reproduction in a bay. correct incorrect

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. The earliest evidence of a human tendency to protect nature occurred in

the writings of the ancient Greek, Hippocrates, or in early Eastern philosophies such as Buddhism. correct incorrect

the 1700s, when Frenchman Pierre Poivre and the Hindu Bishnoi sect acted to protect trees and forests. correct incorrect

in the 1800s, in Europe and the United States, as a response to the Industrial Revolution. correct incorrect

in the mid-1900s, when Aldo Leopold published The Land Ethic. correct incorrect

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. A conservation biologist promotes the idea of setting aside parts of a region as wilderness areas that can never be developed, while managing other parts of the region for sustainable development and resource use. This biologist is most closely following which ethical principle?

Preservationist ethic correct incorrect

Resource conservation ethic correct incorrect

Ecosystem management ethic correct incorrect

Land ethic correct incorrect

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. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and later, John Muir, espoused the preservationist ethic, which stated that nature and natural areas have an intrinsic value greater than their value when exploited as a resource. This ethic leaves out which concept that is a key feature of present-day conservation biology?

Sustainable development correct incorrect

Spiritual enlightenment correct incorrect

Opposition to materialistic society correct incorrect

Preserving natural areas unchanged correct incorrect

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. In 1985, Michael Soulé, Paul Ehrlich, Jared Diamond, and other scientists established the field of conservation biology. Its interdisciplinary components included all these except

national park management. correct incorrect

evolution and genetics. correct incorrect

population biology. correct incorrect

wildlife, forestry, and fisheries biology. correct incorrect

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. Recovery of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle population was an interdisciplinary process incorporating elements from many different fields of science and resource management. But before conservation biologists could work on the recovery process, they first had to understand the turtle’s nesting and reproductive behavior. Learning this information involved the use of which of these many interdisciplinary fields?

Agriculture correct incorrect

Sustainable development correct incorrect

Population biology correct incorrect

Wildlife management correct incorrect

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. Eastern philosophies such as Hinduism and Buddhism value wilderness for its ability to provide intense spiritual experiences. Such groups would most strongly relate to which of these organizational values of conservation biology?

Biological diversity has intrinsic value. correct incorrect

Science plays a critical role in our understanding of ecosystems. correct incorrect

The diversity of species and the complexity of biological communities should be preserved. correct incorrect

Collaboration among scientists, managers, policymakers, and the public is important and often necessary. correct incorrect

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. A person is most clearly showing biophilia when he or she

mows the lawn. correct incorrect

plants and tends a flower garden. correct incorrect

sprays a lawn to kill weeds. correct incorrect

prefers a stuffed animal over a living pet. correct incorrect