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Information that is based upon the beliefs, cultures, and values of Aboriginal peoples and their thousands of years of experience in their environments is called |
| | A) | popular ecosystem knowledge |
| | B) | traditional ecosystem knowledge |
| | C) | traditional ecological knowledge |
| | D) | popular ecological knowledge |
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Scientists use both scientific knowledge and traditional Aboriginal knowledge to |
| | A) | help people make better decisions about how to treat their environment |
| | B) | create faster quadrat studies of predator-prey cycles |
| | C) | lessen the impact of carrying capacity on healthy balance cycles in nature |
| | D) | develop better limiting factors for the Garry Oak ecosystem |
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Scientists use _____ to track changes in ecosystems by comparing the results of investigations done at different times. |
| | A) | ecological watches |
| | B) | organism monitoring |
| | C) | environmental system gathering |
| | D) | ecosystem monitoring |
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Four common types of ecosystem monitoring are |
| | A) | physical monitoring, bioaccumulation monitoring, chemical monitoring, and biological monitoring. |
| | B) | physical monitoring, environmental monitoring, chemical monitoring, and pollutant monitoring. |
| | C) | physical monitoring, environmental monitoring, commensalism monitoring, and biological monitoring. |
| | D) | physical monitoring, environmental monitoring, chemical monitoring, and biological monitoring. |
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Populations of many species change naturally from year to year, so ecologists monitor the same populations for many years. This is called |
| | A) | repetitive monitoring |
| | B) | long-term monitoring |
| | C) | representative monitoring |
| | D) | summative monitoring |
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_______ give scientists information about ecosystems before any events occur. |
| | A) | A feeder watch |
| | B) | A scattered population survey |
| | C) | Baseline data |
| | D) | Guideline samplings |
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________ are study sites that scientists monitor year after year. |
| | A) | Permanent plots |
| | B) | Scattered population plots |
| | C) | Ecological successions |
| | D) | Niches |
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Scientists use _________, conducted at the same time and place every year, to track changes in populations. |
| | A) | yearly plots |
| | B) | annual surveys |
| | C) | long-term restorations |
| | D) | radio collars |
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A report that outlines how an activity will affect the environment is called |
| | A) | a natural disturbance survey |
| | B) | wetland monitoring |
| | C) | a natural succession assessment |
| | D) | an environmental impact assessment |
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According to some environmental biologists, wetlands have |
| | A) | more abiotic organisms than fields and forests |
| | B) | more parasites than fields or forests |
| | C) | more wildlife than fields or forests |
| | D) | more biomes than fields or forests |
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