Scientists Interested in Knowing the Best Way to Restore an Area

question 5

Multiple Choice

Scientists interested in knowing the best way to restore an area after a temporary road was built through it completed a study comparing two treatments: (1) restoring the contour of an area so that there was no longer a depression or cut-through where the road was previously and (2) simply abandoning the area to allow vegetation to return on its own. They wanted to know whether either or both of these treatments would return the aboveground vegetation and the belowground soil properties to their original state, as seen in a similar area where there had never been a road.
-This study was focused on which level of life's hierarchy?

• A) organism
• B) community
• C) population
• D) ecosystem

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Definitions:

Plants

Multicellular organisms, primarily using photosynthesis for energy, characterized by green leaves and structural components like stems and roots.

Algae

Simple non-flowering plants, including seaweeds and many single-celled forms, that typically conduct photosynthesis within aquatic environments.

Stromatolites

Layered structures formed by the accumulation of sedimentary grains bound by biofilms of microorganisms, particularly cyanobacteria, dating back to the Precambrian era.

Zircons

Mineral crystals that can contain radioactive elements used for radiometric dating, providing insight into Earth's geologic history.