Chapter 5 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Starkly the greatest threat to grasslands has been
Conversion to farmland
Location of specific biomes can be predicted based on
Precipitation and temperature
We are usually referring to specific diverse city when we talk about biodiversity whatever genetic diverse city is also important to ecological systems because diverse genes
Are necessary for a population in a changing environment
Ecological diversity is a measure of the number of
Niches tropic levels and ecological processes of a biological community
Habitat fragmentation usually leads to
Decrease in biodiversity
Which of the following is true?
Humans may have been causing extension thousands of years ago, but our impact has recently increased
The main reason for the current high rates of animal extension is
Habitat destruction worldwide
The main reason that there are relatively few invertebrates categorized as engagement species is because
We consider other groups, such as mammals, to be more interesting and desirable
The objective of the species recovery plan is to
Increase an endangered species population is no longer endangered
The giant pandas consider to be a
Flagship species
In the Bill Gates video shown in class what area did he believe has highest potential to dress global warming?
Energy
Records Bill Gates in the video innovating to zero, Americans produce an annual average of of carbon dioxide while the annual average for poor countries is
20 times, less than one time per individual
In the video invading to zero Bill Gates identified five potential energy miracles. Please identify these five energy miracles
Carbon capture, nuclear, wind, solar voltaic and solar thermal.
In the innovating to zero video Bill Gates identifies three palms with nuclear energy production please identify these three problems
Cost, safety, long-term waste
In the invading zero video Bill Gates identifies 3 pounds a sore energy production please identify these three problems
Cost, storage, and transmission
