What Action Involves Returning a Degraded Habitat or Ecosystem to a Condition

question 80

Multiple Choice

What action involves returning a degraded habitat or ecosystem to a condition as similar as possible to its natural state in cases where this is feasible?​

• A) ​rehabilitation
• B) ​reintroduction
• C) ​replacement
• D) ​artificial construction
• E) ​restoration

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

The act of strengthening a response by adding a reward, thus increasing the likelihood that the response will be repeated.

Operant Behaviors

Actions that an individual takes that are modified by the consequences they lead to, extensively studied in operant conditioning.

Respondent Behaviors

Automatic responses elicited by specific stimuli, based on the principle of classical conditioning in psychology.

Variable-ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses.