QUESTION 3 Hot spots contain many endemic species are often found near the equator, on islands, or in Mediterranean ecosystems are restricted to the tropics all of the above QUESTION 4 Joseph Connell is best known for which hypothesis? O The intermediate disturbance hypothesis O Evolutionary history hypothesis The Shannon Index O The impact of grazing on the African Serengeti QUESTION 5 The relationship between potential evapotranspiration and species richness is robust ☐ positive nonlinear identical across classes of Animalia

Explain how the three major types of deserts differin their climate and vegetation. Why are desert ecosystems vulnerable to long-term damage? How dodesert plants and animals survive? Explain how thethree major types of grasslands differ in their climateand vegetation. What is a savanna? Explain howsavanna animals survive seasonal variations in rainfall (Core Case Study). Why is the elephant an important component of the African savanna? DescribeTuy Sereivathana’s efforts to prevent elephants frombecoming extinct in Cambodia. Why have manyof the world’s temperate grasslands disappeared?Describe Arctic tundra and define permafrost?Explain how the three major types of forests differin their climate and vegetation. Why is biodiversityso high in tropical rain forests? Why do most soils intropical rain forests hold few plant nutrients. Whydo temperate deciduous forests typically have a thicklayer of decaying litter? What are coastal coniferousor temperate rain forests? How do most species…

Question 1 Where would you expect to find the greatest biodiversity? At the poles In New Jersey Along the equator Question 2 Most species today have.... O Greater abundance and more widespread distribution than they had in the past. Lower abundance and a more narrow distribution than they had in the past. O Lower abundance, but wider distribution, than they had in the past. O The same abundance and distribution as they had in the past.

QUESTION 1 Which community has higher diversity? Relative abundance (log scale) (a) 001 OA OB Ranked abundance O they have the same diversity ◇ Not enough information Community B Community A QUESTION 2 A community with 10 species with 10 individuals each would have a Shannon Index of Your answer should be rounded to 2 decimal places. QUESTION 3 Hot spots contain many endemic species are often found near the equator, on islands, or in Mediterranean ecosystems □ are restricted to the tropics all of the above