FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT A.P.E.S

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FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT A.P.E.S

CH. 11-1 EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -24 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: coral reefs, estuaries, the deep ocean floor

Answer:

greatest marine biodiversity occurs here

Question 2: purse-seine

Answer:

type of fishing where a locator plane locates a school of fish in shallow waters and then a fishing vessel encloses it with a large net

Question 3: coastal wetlands, mangrove forests, coral reefs

Answer:

under intense pressure from human activities; disappearing at rates 2-10 times higher than the rate of tropical forest loss

Question 4: coasts

Answer:

biodiversity is higher near the ______ than in the open ocean because of the greater variety of producers and habitats

Question 5: longlining

Answer:

type of fishing that involves putting out a line up to 130 km long that is attached to thousands of baited hooks

Question 6: O in HIPPCO

Answer:

overfishing

Question 7: second P in HIPPCO

Answer:

pollution

Question 8: I in HIPPCO

Answer:

invasive species

Question 9: drift-net

Answer:

type of fishing where fish are caught by giant drifting nets as deep as 15 meters deep and 64 km long.

Question 10: 1

Answer:

freshwater systems occupy __% of the earth's surface

Question 11: bioinvaders (invasive species)

Answer:

blamed for two-thirds of fish extinctions in the united states between 1900 and 2000. They cost the country $14 million per hour.

Question 12: 40

Answer:

__% of the world's oceans are affected by pollution

Question 13: 51

Answer:

__% of freshwater fish species are threatened with premature extinction

Question 14: bottom region

Answer:

has higher biodiversity than the surface region of the ocean because of the greater variety of habitats and food sources

Question 15: eutrophication

Answer:

inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus into waterways leads to _______

Question 16: UNEP

Answer:

U.N. Environmental Programme

Question 17: 80

Answer:

__% of the world's population will be living along or near the coasts by 2020

Question 18: first P in HIPPCO

Answer:

coastal population growth

Question 19: H in HIPPCO

Answer:

habitat loss and degradation

Question 20: C in HIPPCO

Answer:

climate change

Question 21: industrial fishing fleets

Answer:

dominate the world's marine fishing industry; are "vacuuming the seas", decreasing marine biodiversity, and degrading important marine ecosystems services.

Question 22: biological extinction

Answer:

due to overfishing, water pollution, wetlands destruction, and excessive removal of water from rivers and lakes fish species are threatened with _______ _______.

Question 23: trawlers

Answer:

drag huge nets weighted down with heavy chains and steel plates over the ocean floor to harvest a few species of shellfish and bottom fish

Question 24: developing

Answer:

today most industrial fishing fleets come from ________ countries, esp. Asia