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Final Exam-Old Tests Flashcards

1
Q

From a herd of 600 American Bison is maintained - over ______ have been dispersed to other ranges or sites.

A

7,000

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2
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Waterfowl prices could go from _____ cents to over a dollar a bird.

A

10

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3
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“Tragedy of Commons” paper by Garrett Hardin (1968) was based on communal pasture in _________.

A

Medieval England

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4
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Gifford Pinchot is the founder of the ______________.

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American Society of Foresters

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5
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Hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have stood up to repeated and thorough testing is called ___________.

A

Theory

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6
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Collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species is __________.

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Population

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7
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Until 1960s, wildlife management was primarily ___________ management

A

Game

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8
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____________ hunting is commercial hunting of wildlife and exploit animals as natural resources.

A

Market

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9
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National Marine Fisheries is located in Department of ____________.

A

Commerce

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10
Q

President Teddy Roosevelt initiated the _________________ in 1903.

A

Wildlife Refuge System

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11
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The use of evidence to construct testable explanations of natural phenomena is _____________.

A

Science

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12
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Ramsar Convention 1975 deals with ____________________.

A

Important migratory waterfowl habitat

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13
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“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be converted” is the ________________.

A

First Law of Thermodynamics

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14
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In 1937, the US Congress passed the ______________.

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Pittman Robinson Act

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15
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A punt gun is a type of extremely large __________ used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting.

A

Shotgun

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16
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____________ development threatens continued species existence.

A

Economic

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17
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The state agency responsible for wildlife management in MS is called _______________________.

A

Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

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18
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_________________ is a magic number to ensure the continued presence of wildlife populations.

A

Minimum viable population

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19
Q

____________ populations have a greater chance of going extinct.

A

Smaller

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20
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T/F: wildlife management is the application of ecological knowledge to wildlife populations and communities.

A

True

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21
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T/F: the passenger pigeon was extinct by 1914.

A

True

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22
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T/F: in the past 200 years, higher number of species have become extinct or are threatened with extinction

A

True

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23
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T/F: natural selection creates something new (e.g. new species) all the time.

A

False

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24
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T/F: currently, habitat fragmentation and degradation are the primary causes of species decline.

A

True

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25
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T/F: according to biological species concept, animals are not capable of interbreeding

A

False

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26
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T/F: currently, “fish” is also considered as “wildlife” in the US

A

False

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27
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T/F: out of the estimated 10 to 100 million insect species globally occurred, only ~2 million have been formally described currently.

A

True

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28
Q

T/F: detoxify and decompose of wastes is not a service provided by earth biological diversity.

A

False

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29
Q

T/F: energy is defined by the physicists is the ability to do work or cause change.

A

True

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30
Q

The author of “There’s a Hair in My Dirt” is ________ ____________.

A

Gary Larson

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31
Q

Habitat must contain these three components:

A

Food
Shelter
Water

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32
Q

Biological nomenclature has how many parts?

A

2

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33
Q

Historically, species decline due to __________ and ___________.

A

Habitat fragmentation

Habitat degradation

34
Q

An example of a primary producer is

A

Grass in a Savana

35
Q

American Game Policy proposed a ___-point program designed to blend the interests of the land and landowners, game and hunters, and the public into a feasible means for restoring game as a natural resources.

A

7

36
Q

Intra-specific competition is a competition ___________ species.

A

Within

37
Q

The tragedy of the commons is one way of accounting for __________.

A

Overexploitation

38
Q

Organism’s functional role in its environment is called ________.

A

Niche

39
Q

Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters lack blubber and instead rely solely on their fur for __________.

A

Insulation

40
Q

The objective of “Integrated Pest Management” is to maximize influence of beneficial _________

A

Insects

41
Q

Major force creating landscapes is ______________\

A

Soil erosion

42
Q

In addition to timber and ecological services, forests frequently include considerable areas of high-quality _____________.

A

Livestock forage

43
Q

Carrying capacity (k) is dependent on ____________ conditions

A

Environmental

44
Q

Discrete signals are sent in a _______ manner

A

Simple

45
Q

________ is the specific environmental setting a species occupies and the functional role it plays in the habitat

A

Niche

46
Q

More than 80% of the National Park System’s 38 million hectors are in __________

A

Alaska

47
Q

Vegetation evolving in the absence of ___________ animals, lack defenses

A

Herbivorous

48
Q

A member of one sex within the social group mates with any member of the opposite sex is called

A

Promiscuity

49
Q

The harvest of pulpwood as a source of paper has increased ______________ since 1950

A

Threefold

50
Q

Only _____% of the earth’s water is freshwater

A

3

51
Q

Some urban wildlife, such as house mice are ____________ which means they are ecologically associated with humans

A

Synanthropic

52
Q

Aquatic temperatures fluctuate _________ than terrestrial environments

A

Less

53
Q

Vegetation usually serves as the link between ________ and animal associations

A

Soil

54
Q

Ranchers pay fees for the privilege of grazing their livestock in ___________

A

National forests

55
Q

Productivity of soils has ________ effect on habitat quality

A

Direct

56
Q

Crops can expose wildlife to ___________________ and, on occasion, to at least one infectious disease

A

Harmful pesticides

57
Q

The largest single addition to the refuge system occurred in 1980 when more than 21.8 million hectors of land in ___________ became part of federal system

A

Alaska

58
Q

Circadian rhythms have a period of about ______________

A

24 hours

59
Q

Eusociality is the _________ level of social organization in a hierarchical classification

A

Highest

60
Q

T/F: “number of animals per unit area” is productivity

A

False

61
Q

T/F: the US has more than 298 million hectares of forests, covering 33% of the total land area

A

True

62
Q

T/F: ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a sub-topic of zoology

A

True

63
Q

T/F: some species of wildlife are adapted to certain kinds of soils, others are more generalized

A

True

64
Q

T/F: global consumption of wood is ~3.9 cubic m/person/year

A

False

65
Q

T/F: Yellowstone was the world’s first national park, established by the US Government in 1979

A

False

66
Q

T/F: water is densest at 4 degrees C and freezes at 0 degrees C

A

True

67
Q

Currently, 80% of farms loosing soil faster than maximum sustainable rate

A

True

68
Q

T/F: game is any animal hunted for food and is normally domesticated

A

False

69
Q

T/F: many animals are adaptable than supposed to some form of association with dense human habitation

A

True

70
Q

At present, ______________ includes conflicting recommendations from forest managers, game managers, and nongame managers

A

Forest management

71
Q

Species distribution limited by soil ____________

A

Texture

72
Q

Point at which the population has the highest growth potential is called ______________________

A

Maximum sustained yield

73
Q

Forestland is defined by the US Forest Service as land which at least _____% covered by forest trees of any sizes

A

10

74
Q

All interactions that transmit information between animals are ______________

A

Communication

75
Q

The switch from horse to tractor-drawn machinery produced other effects on _____________ besides clean farming

A

Wildlife

76
Q

More than 60% of the elk in the _________________ region find food, cover, and shelter in national forests

A

Rocky Mountain

77
Q

An immigrant from Scotland, John Muir, established _________________ in 1892

A

Sierra Club

78
Q

US Congress passed the Wilderness Act of 1964 to __________ primitive areas in their natural state

A

Protect

79
Q

_____________ is an area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against cospecifics

A

Territory

80
Q

Aldo Leopoldo is regarded as the “father” of _________

A

Wildlife

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