Living In The Environment 18th Edition By G. Tyler Miller – Test Bank

Chapter 11

1. There are seven species of sea turtles. All are in danger of becoming extinct, mostly due to ____.
a. female sea turtles not laying large enough clutches of eggs
b. lower sea levels in the past 100 years
c. human activities that occurred over 100 years ago
d. human impacts on their environment taking place during the last 100 years
e. impacts from giant asteroids
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-0 Core Case Study: The Plight of the Sea Turtles
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
NOTES: New
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

2. The excessive turbidity, or cloudiness, of Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin, was caused by the introduction of which of the following?
a. Nile perch
b. marine seaweed
c. catfish
d. water lilies
e. common carp
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Science Focus 11-1 How Invasive Carp Have Muddied Some Waters
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

3. Ocean pollution from plastic items dumped from ships and garbage barges, and left as litter on beaches, kills up to ____ sea birds each year.
a. 1,000
b. 25,000
c. 100,000
d. 500,000
e. 1,000,000
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
NOTES: New
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

4. Projected climate change threatens aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem services, partly by contributing to ____.
a. an increase in carbon storage in oceans
b. spread of tropical diseases
c. decreased salinity of water
d. rising sea levels
e. UV radiation from ozone depletion
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Analyze
NOTES: Modified
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

5. Warmer and more acidic ocean water is stressing ____, the foundation of the marine food web.
a. algae
b. phytoplankton
c. cichlids
d. sea turtles
e. sharks
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
NOTES: New
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

6. A concentration of a particular wild aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water is called a ____.
a. fish farm
b. fish habitat
c. fish hatchery
d. fishery
e. fish bloom
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
NOTES: New
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

7. A fishing method called, ____ fishing, is used to catch surface-dwelling species such as tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and herring, which tend to feed in schools near the surface or in shallow areas.
a. drift-net
b. long-line
c. purse-seine
d. trawler
e. rod and reel
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
NOTES: New
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

8. Which of the following is defined as the area of ocean needed to sustain the fish consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world?
a. fishprint
b. footprint
c. resource demand
d. ocean view
e. ocean resource footprint
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

9. All the nations of the world are overfishing the world’s global oceans, taking _____ more than the sustainable yield of fish.
a. 10%
b. 28%
c. 42%
d. 57%
e. 75%
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM

10. When it appears that it is no longer profitable to continue fishing as a result of overfishing, the fish populations are said to be ____.
a. locally extinct
b. commercially extinct
c. economically extinct
d. biologically extinct
e. ecologically extinct
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 11-1 What Are the Major Threats to Aquatic Biodiversity?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
DATE CREATED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/23/2013 8:52 AM