LAB MATERIAL -> pre-midterm Flashcards
1
Q
What are indicator species?
A
tool in ecosystem management
- > assest how the human impacts are changing the ecosystem
- > ex// birds considered good, selective conditions (sensitive)
2
Q
Winter bird adaptations?
A
- > insect-eating ones migrate
- > fluff feathers for insulation
- > flock
3
Q
Hook beaks eat
A
meat ex//egales
4
Q
round beak
A
seed eater
5
Q
longer, pointy beak
A
insects
6
Q
short & triangular
A
aerial insects
7
Q
raven vs crow tail
A
crows tails are flat and straight
8
Q
leaf margin
A
edges of a leaf
->smooth vs lobed, vs toothed vs double toothed
9
Q
leaf arrangement
A
the opposite (MADHorse) vs alternating
10
Q
Deciduous leaf types
A
simple (maple) vs compounding vs palmate vs double compound
11
Q
Coniferous leaf types
A
square needles (spruce) vs flat needles (hemlock) vs round (pine) vs scale (cedar)
12
Q
other tree identification methods
A
-> buds ->leaf scars
13
Q
effects of road salt
A
- > atrackts animals to the road
- > pollutes and toxic water (not to the ocean)
