University of Florida Environmental Science Quiz Please answer the quiz questions attached. it consists of 30 questions. 8 of them are essays. Some of ques

University of Florida Environmental Science Quiz Please answer the quiz questions attached. it consists of 30 questions. 8 of them are essays. Some of questions include drop down options attached. Quiz: Evaluation 2
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Evaluation 2
Started: Dec 3 at 10:15pm
Quiz Instructions
This is your LAB FINAL EXAM for BY 109. The open dates are Sunday, December 1 at 8am through
Wednesday, December 4 at 11.59pm!
You may open and close this lab test as many times as you need during its open hours.
Please log out and log in occasionally to ensure that your answers are being saved!
Do not wait until the last minute. There are several essay/short answer questions.
Make your work an individual effort: not group work.
Question 1
8 pts
Match the Composting II or Soil term with its description or definition.
Mites and springtails
[ Choose ]
Leachate
[ Choose ]
Roaches, earthworms, and earwigs
[ Choose ]
Temperature in compost’s early stages
[ Choose ]
Silt
[ Choose ]
Capillary water
[ Choose ]
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Question 2
3 pts
______ and _____ are human-caused source of loss of biodiversity and environmental
degradation. Click the TWO correct answers.
Reforestation
Habitat loss/habitat fragmentation
Urban Sprawl
Composting
Recycling
Question 3
1 pts
The diversity of plants and animals in a given area at a given time is ______. (variety of
plants and animals is not the same as the variety of whole ecosystems.)
World diversity
Ecological diversity
Species diversity
Genetic diversity
Question 4
6 pts
Match the animal with its description. Amphibians, Reptiles
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Fence lizard
[ Choose ]
Green tree frog
[ Choose ]
Spotted salamander
[ Choose ]
Canebrake rattlesnake
[ Choose ]
Black king snake
[ Choose ]
Cottonmouth
[ Choose ]
Question 5
5 pts
Match the compost organism with its name. Lettered Photos below.
Photo A above
Photo B Above
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Photo C above
Photo D Above
Photo E Above
Photo A
[ Choose ]
Photo B
[ Choose ]
Photo C
[ Choose ]
Photo D
[ Choose ]
Photo E
[ Choose ]
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Question 6
6 pts
Match the animal with its description. This is a different question than above.
Very fast lizard, likes hot temperatures
[ Choose ]
Snake with hemotoxin venom
[ Choose ]
Lizard can change color; not a
chameleon
[ Choose ]
“Red on yellow kills a fellow”
[ Choose ]
Lungless salamander; has aquatic larval
[ Choose ]
stage
Has more spots per wart; Toad found
throughout Alabama
[ Choose ]
Question 7
4 pts
Out of this list, what are things that UAB has done to increase its sustainability? Click
each of the correct answers for full credit.
Bike share/bike racks
Exercise stationary bikes to power lights in the biology building
Solar charging stations for electronic devices
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Recycling bins
Campus-wide compost collection
Glass recycling in each campus building
Jean donation program for making insulation
Water bottle fill stations
Question 8
8 pts
Choose the answer from the drop-down menu that best describes each of the following
topics related to Bioaccumulation or Biomagnification.
Small Fish
[ Choose ]
Largest Fish – Top predator like a tuna
fish
[ Choose ]
Plants and algae
[ Choose ]
Tiniest Fish
[ Choose ]
The amount of a toxin stored in the body
[ Choose ]
of a signal organism
The increasing amount of a toxin in the
food chain going from algae all the way
to a top predator
Large fish – like a salmon
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[ Choose ]
[ Choose ]
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Question 9
2 pts
BPA is known to have _________ affect on the human body (and bodies of other animals)
and BPA was often found in ___________.
Endocrine disruptor / plastics
Causes cancer / toxins in the air
Causes fat deposition / meat
Leaches calcium out of body tissues / saturated fats
Question 10
1 pts
Water would percolate slower through soil with a higher clay content than through soil
with a higher sand content.
True
False
Question 11
6 pts
Match the # plastic with its property.
#5 Plastic
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[ Choose ]
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#2 Plastic
[ Choose ]
#3 Plastic
[ Choose ]
#1 Plastic
[ Choose ]
#4 Plastic
[ Choose ]
#6 Plastic
[ Choose ]
Question 12
5 pts
Match the soil or water term with its description.
Capillary Water
[ Choose ]
Gravitational Water
[ Choose ]
Chemically bound water
[ Choose ]
Hygroscopic water
[ Choose ]
Field Capacity
[ Choose ]
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Question 13
3 pts
What are the two properties of water molecules that result in capillary water? Click on
the TWO correct answers.
Field Capacity
Clay
Gravitational Water
Cohesion
Geography
Adhesion
Question 14
1.5 pts
Click on any/all animals that is/are specialist species.
Anteater
Koala
Rat
Goat
Panda
Human
Question 15
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Choose the item(s) that each recyclable item can be recycled into.
# 1 Plastic
[ Choose ]
Glass
[ Choose ]
Aluminum cans
[ Choose ]
Office copy paper
[ Choose ]
Question 16
1.5 pts
Choose any/all the answers that are correct.
Click any/all example(s) of a generalist species.
Horse
Human
Raccoon
Honeybee
Koala
Question 17
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The time it takes for a forager to find food can be influenced by which of the following?
Click on all the answers that are correct.
The shape of the food
Competition
The color of the food relative to the background the food is on
The amount of food available in foraging area
Question 18
8 pts
Match the horizon with its description
R Horizon
[ Choose ]
A Horizon
[ Choose ]
O Horizon
[ Choose ]
B Horizon
[ Choose ]
Question 19
3 pts
Which of the following statements are correct concerning Experiment 1 in Foraging? Click
on each of the answers that is correct for full credit.
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Foragers had to survive 20 “days” to survive the winter.
Foragers were timed to help determine foraging successes each day.
Foragers had to find only one certain type of food each day.
Timers stood in the plot with the forager.
A forager had to find 5 pieces of any type of food per “day.”
Question 20
2 pts
Which of the following statements are FALSE concerning Foraging Experiment 2
(Competition)? Click on all correct answers.
Foragers had less time per day in this experiment than in Experiments 1 or 3.
Students found food more easily in this experiment.
Foragers were competing with each other for “food” items.
Foragers could only find one type of food in this experiment.
Foragers were less successful in experiment 2 than in experiment 1.
Question 21
3 pts
Which of the following materials would be considered sources of carbon in our
composting bin? (Select all that apply)
Shredded paper
Meat scraps
Dry leaves
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Coffee grounds
Rotted lettuce leaves
Grass clippings
Question 22
4 pts
What conclusion would you make from this graph of foraging data?
Foragers had to compete more for food early in the seaon
It became easier for foragers to find food over time
It became harder for foragers to find food over time
Food was well hidden from foragers
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Question 23
4 pts
If you collect 75 ml of gravitational water in a graduated cylinder and you started with 100
ml of water that you poured through your soil sample, then what’s the volume of your
capillary water?
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Question 24
4 pts
Draw a composting food web, showing the relationships between the following organisms:
1) nematode, 2) bacteria, 3) plant, 4) white worm. Take a photo of your picture and upload
it here. Do not upload the picture from the PowerPoint. DRAW your OWN picture of a
composting food web.
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Question 25
5 pts
Compare and contrast the distinguishing characteristics of Pit vipers and non-venomous
snakes. List characteristics that Pit vipers HAVE that are distinctive to pit vipers.
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Question 26
5 pts
List 5 changes YOU can personally continue to reduce waste in your home or at school.
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that change affects us all at population level at UAB, Birmingham, and the State of
Alabama. For all other changes, just list the change that you made and why.
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Question 27
3 pts
List three of the many reasons for Alabama’s being a “hot spot” for biodiversity. BRIEFLY
describe. Do not just LIST!
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Question 28
6 pts
Write a SHORT paragraph that describes ONE of the animals from the list below. Also,
find a photograph and upload the photo with your written answer.
Stink pot musk turtle, Black king snake, copperhead, slimy salamander, spotted
salamander, green tree frog, Eastern spadefoot
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Question 29
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List at least FIVE causes of Human-related (anthropogenic) environmental degradation.
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Question 30
6 pts
List three observations of sustainability you learned about from the sustainability lab and
describe why these observations are sustainable. All observations must have been
discussed in your lab section and be from three separate buildings. Do not repeat (i.e.
Campbell Hall – recycling bins and Heritage Hall – recycling bins).
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Question 1
8 pts
Match the Composting Il or Soil term with its description or definition.
Mites and springtails
Leachate
✓ [Choose ]
The finished compost product
The liquid that leaks out of compost
Are macrofauna
Stays in soil and is available for use by plants
Is the largest particles in soil
Are mesofauna
Gravitational water
Goes down because this ecosystem is a detritus-based ecosystem
Goes up because of thermophilic bacteria and other properties of decomposition
Is the medium-sized particles in soil
Roaches, earthworms, and earwigs
Temperature in compost’s early stages
Silt
[Choose]
A
Capillary water
[Choose]
A
Question 4
6 pts
Match the animal with its description. Amphibians, Reptiles
Fence lizard
Green tree frog
Spotted salamander
✓[Choose ]
Coral snake
Has white line along jaw, dark line through eye, very stocky, can bite under water; has white inside of mouth
Immune to the venom of pit vipers, eats other snakes, constrictor
Spring peeper
Eastern spade foot toad
A bulky, migrating salamander who is the City Salamander of Homewood
Most common rattlesnake in Alabama
Scaly lizard, males have blue belly, like rocky outcroppings
Slender frog, has white line down the side
Five-lined skink
Copperhead
Canebrake rattlesnake
Black king snake
Cottonmouth
[Choose]
D
Question 5
5 pts
Match the compost organism with its name. Lettered Photos below.
Photo A above
Photo B Above
Photo C above
Photo D Above
Photo E Above
Photo A
[Choose ]
Mite
Earwig
Springtail
Spider
Isopod/sowbug
Nematode
Mold
Ant
Bacteria
Photo B
Photo C
Photo D
[Choose ]
o
Question 6
6 pts
Match the animal with its description. This is a different question than above.
Very fast lizard, likes hot
temperatures
[Choose ]
4
Snake with hemotoxin venom
Choose ]
A
Lizard can change color; not a
chameleon
Choose]
4
“Red on yellow kills a fellow”
Choose ]
Lungless salamander; has aquatic
Choose]
larval stage
Has more spots per wart; Toad
found throughout Alabama
Question 7
4 pts
[Choose ]
Scarlet king snake
Fowler’s toad
American toad
Green anole
Coral snake
Six-lined race runner
Red salamander
Slimy salamander
Copperhead
Fence lizard
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