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    5.

    With an extinction rate of 100 E/MSY and an estimated 10 million species, how many extinctions are expected to occur in a century?

    1. 100
    2. 10,000
    3. 100,000
    4. 1,000,000
    6.

    An adaptive radiation is________.

    1. a burst of speciation
    2. a healthy level of UV radiation
    3. a hypothesized cause of a mass extinction
    4. evidence of an asteroid impact
    7.

    The number of currently described species on the planet is about ________.

    1. 17,000
    2. 150,000
    3. 1.5 million
    4. 10 million
    8.

    A mass extinction is defined as ________.

    1. a loss of 95 percent of species
    2. an asteroid impact
    3. a boundary between geological periods
    4. a loss of 50 percent of species
    9.

    A secondary plant compound might be used for which of the following?

    1. a new crop variety
    2. a new drug
    3. a soil nutrient
    4. a pest of a crop pest
    10.

    Pollination is an example of ________.

    1. a possible source of new drugs
    2. chemical diversity
    3. an ecosystem service
    4. crop pest control
    11.

    What is an ecosystem service that performs the same function as a pesticide?

    1. pollination
    2. secondary plant compounds
    3. crop diversity
    4. predators of pests
    12.

    Which two extinction risks may be a direct result of the pet trade?

    1. climate change and exotic species introduction
    2. habitat loss and overharvesting
    3. overharvesting and exotic species introduction
    4. habitat loss and climate change
    13.

    Exotic species are especially threatening to what kind of ecosystem?

    1. deserts
    2. marine ecosystems
    3. islands
    4. tropical forests
    14.

    Certain parrot species cannot be brought to the United States to be sold as pets. What is the name of the legislation that makes this illegal?

    1. Red List
    2. Migratory Bird Act
    3. CITES
    4. Endangered Species Act (ESA)
    15.

    What was the name of the first international agreement on climate change?

    1. Red List
    2. Montreal Protocol
    3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
    4. Kyoto Protocol
    16.

    About what percentage of land on the planet is set aside as a preserve of some type?

    1. 1 percent
    2. 6 percent
    3. 11 percent
    4. 15 percent

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