1 Earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction.
(A) True
(B) False
2 A small population is vulnerable to increased genetic defects.
(A) True
(B) False
3 Increased biodiversity has followed past mass extinctions.
(A) True
(B) False
4 It is better to eat seafood than other protein sources because fishing has relatively few
environmental impacts.
(A) True
(B) False
5 When trying to preserve habitat, two small patches are as valuable as one large patch as
long as the total area is the same.
(A) True
(B) False
6 All non-native species are considered invasive.
(A) True
(B) False
7 Harvesting of old-growth forests has minimal impact when the forests are replaced by tree
farms of the same size.
(A) True
(B) False
8 One goal of conservation is to try to prevent disturbances from occurring.
(A) True
(B) False
9 Resilience is the capacity of a system to accommodate change and still retain its essential
function, structure, and identity.
(A) True
(B) False
10 Once a species is so at risk that it becomes endangered, it cannot be removed from the
endangered species list.
(A) True
(B) False
11 It is possible for one species to be both a keystone species and an umbrella species.
(A) True
(B) False
12 Developers can buy and sell credits in a wetland mitigation bank.
(A) True
(B) False
13 One important goal of restoration efforts is to reconnect fragmented habitat patches.
(A) True
(B) False
14 One important goal of stream restoration is simply to remove obstacles in order to allow a
self-sustaining, dynamic stream system.
(A) True
(B) False
15 The most effective way to reverse species extinctions is to protect more wilderness areas.
(A) True
(B) False
16 Reconciliation ecology is an approach to restoration which helps humans and other species
live together.
(A) True
(B) False
17 Pleistocene rewilding has been tested and proven to be impossible.
(A) True
(B) False
18 Biodiversity
(A) is the variety of genes, species, and ecosystems in an area.
(B) is a major factor in ecosystem resilience
(C) is impacted by habitat destruction
(D) all of the above
19 The background rate of extinction is approximately
(A) one per million species per year
(B) one in a hundred species per year
(C) zero
(D) not known
20 The Anthropocene is
(A) an informal term for the current epoch
(B) the official title for the geological epoch that followed the Holocene
(C) the age of the dinosaurs
(D) the future era, beginning approximately 2100 CE
21 The primary causes of biodiversity loss are sometimes abbreviated using the acronym
(A) IPAT
(B) HIPPO
(C) CHNOPS
(D) CHP
22 Buildling roads into previously inaccessible forests is a problem because of
(A) pollution
(B) temperature changes
(C) moisture changes
(D) fragmentation
23 The goal of restoration is
(A) to stop change from occurring
(B) to move an ecosystem back to the state it occupied approximately 100 years earlier
(C) to move an ecosystem back to the state it occupied approximately 200 years earlier
(D) to provide conditions to allow a system to achieve a state of equilbrium that results in a healthy, self-
sustaining system