Statistics for Ecology and Conservation

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In how many directions is genetic material transferred during conjugation in protists?	2	67%
True or False? Viral genomes can consist of both DNA and RNA	False	67%
True or False? Archaea are sensitive to antibiotics	False	67%
True or False? Protists can be found in the rumen	True	67%
True or False? A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite	True	67%
In how many directions is genetic material transferred during conjugation in bacteria?	1	58%
Are seaweeds multicellular or unicellular algae?	Multicellular	42%
Are haptophytes marine or terrestrial?	Marine	33%
Taxonomic ranks in order	Domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species	25%
Multicellular organisms	Eukaryotes	17%
3 groups of protozoa = Amoeboid, Ciliated and?	Flagellated	8%
What makes up the cell wall in bacteria?	Peptidoglycan	8%
What makes up the cell wall in archaea?	Polysaccharides	8%
Unicellular organisms	Prokaryotes	8%
What is a flagship species?	A species used as an ambassador for a habitat	0%
What are microalgae?	Autotrophic protists	0%
Process of naming an organism using its species and genus (e.g. Panthera tigris)	Binomial Nomenclature	0%
What is the definition of the above?	Can't reproduce outside of a living cell	0%
Who recovered the Mauritius Kestrel population	Carl Jones	0%
What is In-situ conservation?	Conservation of a species inside of its natural habitat	0%
What is Ex-situ conservation?	Conservation of a species outside its natural habitat	0%
What veterinary medicine caused a population crash in 3 species of vulture in 1990?	Diclofenac	0%
Pesticide that causes eggshell thinning in birds?	DTT	0%
3 Domains of life	Eukarya bacteria archaea	0%
What animal did these vultures help to control?	Feral dogs	0%
Chemoautotroph definition	Get energy from organic compounds but create their own carbon from CO2	0%
Photoautotroph definition	Get their energy and carbon and energy from light	0%
Chemoheterotroph definition	Get their energy and carbon from organic compounds	0%
Photoheterotroph definition	Get their energy from light and carbon from organic compounds	0%
What makes a bacteria gram negative?	Less peptidoglycan and outer membrane that can be toxic	0%
Name the one that does not result in the hosts death	Lysogenic cycle	0%
Name the multiplication cycle in viruses that results in the hosts death	Lytic cycle	0%
3 Archaea course groups	Methanogens Halophiles Thermophiles	0%
What are protozoa?	Phagotrophic protists	0%
What is a keystone species?	Plays a crucial role in an ecosystem	0%
3 groups of seaweed	Red brown green	0%
Degazettement meaning	Removal of a protected areas protected status	0%
What makes a bacteria gram positive?	Simple cell wall with lots of peptidoglycan	0%
What is natural capital?	Stock of natural assets in the world	0%
4 categories of ecosystem services	Supporting Provisioning Regulating Cultural	0%
What are Neonicotinoids made of?	Synthetic nicotine	0%
Haptophytes have a haptomena between their 2 flagella, what is its purpose?	Traps bacteria and collects microbes	0%
What is an amoeba?	Unicellular organism that can alter its shape	0%