Q.1
Which of the following is an advantage of ecotourism?
  • The number of tourists can disrupt breeding and nesting
  • Money is put into the economy, providing jobs for the locals
  • Sustainable hunting can give money to regions with no other tourist resources
  • Local infrastructure may be improved to take cars and provide places for the tourists to stay
Q.2
What is agroforestry?
  • Removing trees to plant crops
  • Burning trees to enrich soils
  • Growing trees as a crop
  • Growing trees and crops at the same time
Q.3
In some forests, as trees are chopped down, they are replaced and allowed to grow to a reasonable size before being logged in turn. What is this known as?
  • Afforestation
  • Deforestation
  • Cycle logging
  • Reserve planting
Q.4
Which of the following is a way recreational users of ecosystems (such as cyclists, walkers, and horse riders) can negatively impact the natural environment?
  • Footpath erosion
  • Taking money from the local economy
  • Leaving behind litter
  • Moving seeds of invasive species around the environment
Q.5
What is pollarding?
  • Cutting the bark of a tree to allow it to die naturally
  • Digging up the roots of tree stumps to clear the land
  • A traditional method of woodland management involving hard pruning to keep the trees smaller
  • A modern method of growing trees by allowing the roots to grow into specific mediums and water troughs
Q.6
Which of the following is a way that humans manage ecosystems?
  • Urban sprawl
  • Preventing poaching
  • Removing bracken from particular areas
  • Building footpaths
Q.7
How do nature reserves help protect biodiversity?
  • The reserves allow animals and plants to exist and breed in safety
  • The reserves stop entire species being hunted or harvested
  • The reserves allow hunting in that area alone, protecting the rest of the landscape
  • The reserves prevent all access by people to the area
Q.8
Which of the following is an example of sustainable logging?
  • Trees are only felled when they reach a particular height. This allows young trees a guaranteed life span and the forest will regain full maturity after around 30-50 years
  • Trees are removed individually using traditional methods such as pony logging. These trees are often removed to improve the overall health of the forest
  • Mimicking natural disasters such as forest fires, tornados and land-slides in areas where the ecosystems have adapted to this occurrence
  • Growing monocultures of fast-growing trees that are removed in one single occurrence. Often these faster-growing trees are conifers and similar
Q.9
The project encouraged fish keepers in economically advanced nations to buy aquarium fish caught in a sustainable manner by locals to the Amazon region. How does this encourage sustainability in the Amazon?
  • People are made aware of the importance of the ecosystem and will be more inclined to protect it
  • The local people protect the forest and the river system in order to protect the fish which provide a worthwhile income
  • The fish would have damaged the natural environment if left in the wild
  • Species kept in captivity can be released back into the wild at a later date
Q.10
There has been a shift away from clean forests towards leaving wood to rot on the forest floor. What does leaving tree trunks and branches to rot do for the ecosystem?
  • It discourages people from walking through the woodland
  • It draws up toxins from the soil
  • The fallen trees and branches may take root and regrow
  • It encourages wildlife and fungi
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