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15 Cards in this Set
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THE PRIMARY GOAL OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY IS TO
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COUNTER THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
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THE US ENDANGERED SPECIES
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THREATENED SPECIES
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THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE EXTINCTION OF NATIVE BIRD SPECIES IN GUAM WAS
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THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BROWN TREE SNAKE, AN EXOTIC PREDATOR
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THE SINGLE GREATEST CURRENT THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY IS
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION
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WHEN SNAKEHEADS ENTER AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, BIODIVERSITY IN THESE ECOSYSTEMS WOULD MOST LIKELY
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DECREASE, SINCE THE SNAKE HEAD WILL PREY ON THE NATIVE SPECIES .
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THE 3 GREATEST CURRENT THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY, IN ORDER STARTING WITH GREATEST ARE
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION, THE INTRODUCTION TO INVASIVE SPECIES, AND OVER EXPLOITATION .
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WHAT ANIMAL IS AN INTRODUCED SPECIES TO THE U.S.
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FIRE ANT
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TO DECREASE THE POLLUTION FROM SULFUR, YOUR LOCAL POWER PLANT BUILT VERY TALL SMOKESTACKS. THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
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TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT PROBLEM AT A DISTANCE FROM THE POWER PLANT.
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TO INCREASE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE IN THE TISSUES OF ORGANISMS AS IT IS PASSED UP A FOOD CHAIN IS CALLED
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BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION
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CARBON DIOXIDE TRAPS HEAT AND WARMS THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE ______ EFFECT.
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GREENHOUSE
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CO2 FLOODING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IS ABSORBED BY ______, AND CONVERTED INTO BIOMASS .
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PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS
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AN IMPORTANT CHANGE IN POPULATION & SPECIES IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS
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DISTRIBUTION
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FROM 1930 TO 1939, FIRE ANTS SPREAD IN LAND ABOUT 100 MILES FROM THEIR POINT OF INTRODUCTION IN MOBILE,ALABAMA. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THEIR SPREAD OVER THIS DISTANCE?
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A NATURAL SPREAD
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FROM 1940 TO 1970 FIRE ANTS SPREAD THROUGH MANY SOUTHERN STATES, SOMETIMES AT A RATE 100 MILES IN A YEAR. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THEIR SPREAD OVER THIS DISTANCE?
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BEING TRANSPORTED ALONG W/ PLANTS & SOIL.
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PLANTING TREES WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO A GLOBAL INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE.
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TRUE
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