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BIO-101 FINAL EXAM UH MANOA QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)

Why are invasive species successful in new environments? - ✔️✔️Isolation leaves "open niches",
lack of predators. Opportunities for invasion: are ocean, wind, bird migration, human
introduction. Examples of invasive species: brown tree snakes, erthrina gall wasp, coqui frog,
What is a naturalized plant? - ✔️✔️They reproduce in the wild and become established in the
ecosystem
Why is Hawaii especially at risk from invasive species? - ✔️✔️10 million tourists annually;
international port (80% for consumed goods).
few competitors and predators
isolation leaves open niches
lots of opportunities for invasive introduction
What is the most common way alien plants are introduced to Hawaii today? - ✔️✔️mass
transportation by ships & airplanes (accidental & deliberate)
What is an invasive species? - ✔️✔️Alien (non-native) species that adversely affects the habitat
they invade environmentally, economically, or ecologically, a species that did not get there
naturally or evolve there.
______ species evolved here or got here naturally and ______ species are introduced from other
regions. - ✔️✔️Native, alien (invasive)

How are oceans impacted by invasive species? - ✔️✔️Global movement of organisms by shipping
& fishery products, Movement associated large storms, Changes diversity & distribution of
marine organisms
What are traits that make some species invasive? - ✔️✔️Reproduces sexually & asexually, Rapid
growth & reprod, High dispersal ability, Tolerance to range of environments, Ability to eat range
of food types, Associated with humans
Biodiversity is defined as: - ✔️✔️number and variety of organisms found in an area
75% of Hawaii native flowering plant species arrived by: - ✔️✔️Birds 75%, wind 2%, water 23%

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Globally the greatest cause of species extinction is due to: - ✔️✔️Habitat Destruction

Polynesian canoe plants included: - ✔️✔️Kukui, 'ape, 'ulu, wauke, milo (candelnut, elephant ear,
breadfruit, paper mulberry, portia tree)
There are about _____ native flowering plant species in Hawaii & about 1,000 introduced ones
that are now ______. - ✔️✔️1,100, naturalized???????????????????????

Native habitats in Hawaii have been lost due to: - ✔️✔️croplands, grazing, Alien animals,
urbanization
Rats were introduced into Hawaii by: - ✔️✔️Polynesians
Native species that are only found in Hawaii are ______ while those found here & elsewhere are
______. - ✔️✔️endemic, indigenous
One of the most abundant birds in the US, the _______ became extinct in 1914 as a result of
_______. - ✔️✔️passenger pigeon, being fed to slaves & servants. (over hunted)

A species that is likely to become endangered in the near future is termed: - ✔️✔️threatened.
According to the 2009 IUCN Red List __% of the world's species are threatened for extinction. -
✔️✔️36

What is conservation biology and when did it begin? - ✔️✔️In response to biodiversity crisis,
emerged in the 1980's, requires action taken before all data is in
What is likely to become the next greatest environmental problem of this century? -
✔️✔️Impending water crisis

Why is conservation biology described as a "crisis discipline"? - ✔️✔️Analogous to study of AIDS
in epidemiology.
The Endangered Species Act was created by: - ✔️✔️President Nixon
Listing species as endangered is based upon: - ✔️✔️Scientific Information, not economics,
endangered species act
IUCN stands for: - ✔️✔️International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Species extinction: - ✔️✔️the natural cause of extinction was the asteroid impact 65M years ago.
Can be caused by disease, climate change, and competition




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