Quiz y Flashcards
What is a major threat for the sloth bear Melursus ursinus?
Poaching for its gall bladder
The undigested food particles of oysters and mussels that are bound in mucus, and are often eaten by other benthic organisms are known as
Pseudofaeces
The supposed huge diversification of multicellular life in the ocean 570 million years ago is known as the
Cambrian Explosion
Any conservation translocation to within a species indigenous range is known as
Population restoration
An organism with a membrane around the cell nucleus is
Eukaryotic
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?
Maclear’s rat (Rattus macleari) and bulldog rat (R. nativitatis)
The Age of the Dinosaurs spanned the Cretaceous and Jurassic Periods, which extended from when to when?
248 - 65 million years ago
The sight of academics, ecologists and psychologists debating a definition while the ecosphere burns is an example of
Pedanticism
According to the US EPA, half of the water pollution in the US derives from where?
Agriculture
Plants that are pollinated by insects are
Entomophilous
Which of these is not an abiotic feature?
Predators
What is the fastest living land mammal and that is on show at Chester Zoo?
Cheetah
An animal that is active by day is
Diurnal
If you want to compare the mean weights of two different elephant populations that are normally distributed, what statistical test should you use?
t.test
The probability that an individual will be detected is known as its
Detection probability
Which is not an example of a biotic factor?
Microclimate
The terror skink (Phoboscincus boucourti) was collected by Monsieur Balanza on which Pacific Island in 1876, whereafter it was never seen again?
New Caledonia
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?
Island biogeography theory
What is the functional purpose of the nail at the end of the tail of the nailtail wallabies, genus Onychogalea?
Nobody knows
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?
1880’s
What is Bergmann’s rule
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.
That warm-blooded animals in cold climates tend to be larger than conspecifics in warm climates is evidence of
Bergmann’s rule
The Zoological Society of London’s EDGE program stands for what?
Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered
Information based on measured data used to represent a particular attribute, characteristic, or property of a system is
An indicator
Species that live far apart but in similar niches and ecosystems are considered
Ecological equivilents
An animal that is active around dusk and dawn is
Crepuscular
The decline in rabbits is thought to be a major factor in the decline of which European felid species?
Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
What is a stochastic process?
Any random process
How have moose been returned to the UK?
Reintroduction
What is the largest lemur in the world?
Indri (Indri indri)
