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Question 1

What is a major threat for the sloth bear Melursus ursinus?

Answer 1

Poaching for its gall bladder

Question 2

The undigested food particles of oysters and mussels that are bound in mucus, and are often eaten by other benthic organisms are known as

Answer 2

Pseudofaeces

Question 3

The supposed huge diversification of multicellular life in the ocean 570 million years ago is known as the

Answer 3

Cambrian Explosion

Question 4

Any conservation translocation to within a species indigenous range is known as

Answer 4

Population restoration

Question 5

An organism with a membrane around the cell nucleus is

Answer 5

Eukaryotic

Question 6

The arrival of the black rat (Rattus rattus) to Christmas Island in the early 1900s led to the extinction of two species. What were they?

Answer 6

Maclear’s rat (Rattus macleari) and bulldog rat (R. nativitatis)

Question 7

The Age of the Dinosaurs spanned the Cretaceous and Jurassic Periods, which extended from when to when?

Answer 7

248 - 65 million years ago

Question 8

The sight of academics, ecologists and psychologists debating a definition while the ecosphere burns is an example of

Answer 8

Pedanticism

Question 9

According to the US EPA, half of the water pollution in the US derives from where?

Answer 9

Agriculture

Question 10

Plants that are pollinated by insects are

Answer 10

Entomophilous

Question 11

Which of these is not an abiotic feature?

Answer 11

Predators

Question 12

What is the fastest living land mammal and that is on show at Chester Zoo?

Answer 12

Cheetah

Question 13

An animal that is active by day is

Answer 13

Diurnal

Question 14

If you want to compare the mean weights of two different elephant populations that are normally distributed, what statistical test should you use?

Answer 14

t.test

Question 15

The probability that an individual will be detected is known as its

Answer 15

Detection probability

Question 16

Which is not an example of a biotic factor?

Answer 16

Microclimate

Question 17

The terror skink (Phoboscincus boucourti) was collected by Monsieur Balanza on which Pacific Island in 1876, whereafter it was never seen again?

Answer 17

New Caledonia

Question 18

The extinct ‘o’os were an extinct group of birds from Hawaii that belonged to the Australian honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. What theory suggests the colonisation of Hawaii by these birds is remarkable?

Answer 18

Island biogeography theory

Question 19

What is the functional purpose of the nail at the end of the tail of the nailtail wallabies, genus Onychogalea?

Answer 19

Nobody knows

Question 20

John Gould reported a hare-sized eastern hare-wallaby Lagorchestes leporides leaping over his head, but it could not outleap extinction. What decade was it last collected, prior to red foxes becoming abundant?

Answer 20

1880’s

Question 21

What is Bergmann’s rule

Answer 21

Bergmann’s rule states that within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions.

Question 22

That warm-blooded animals in cold climates tend to be larger than conspecifics in warm climates is evidence of

Answer 22

Bergmann’s rule

Question 23

The Zoological Society of London’s EDGE program stands for what?

Answer 23

Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered

Question 24

Information based on measured data used to represent a particular attribute, characteristic, or property of a system is

Answer 24

An indicator

Question 25

Species that live far apart but in similar niches and ecosystems are considered

Answer 25

Ecological equivilents

Question 26

An animal that is active around dusk and dawn is

Answer 26

Crepuscular

Question 27

The decline in rabbits is thought to be a major factor in the decline of which European felid species?

Answer 27

Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Question 28

What is a stochastic process?

Answer 28

Any random process

Question 29

How have moose been returned to the UK?

Answer 29

Reintroduction

Question 30

What is the largest lemur in the world?

Answer 30

Indri (Indri indri)