Wildlife Exam 2

Question 1

A group of actually or potentially interbreeding organisms that are more or less isolated from other such groups

Answer 1

Species

Question 2

Consists of a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level

Answer 2

Metapopulations

Question 3

Number of animals per unit area

Answer 3

Density

Question 4

Number of eggs produced/female/unit time (potential productivity)

Answer 4

Fecundity

Question 5

Number of individuals reaching reproductive maturity

Answer 5

Recruitment

Question 6

The maximum number of individuals that can be sustained by the environment over time without causing damage to the environment

Answer 6

K carrying capacity

Question 7

Factors that affect populations not related to how many individuals/area are in that population

Answer 7

Density-independent factors

Question 8

Factors that affect populations directly related to the number of individuals/area in that population

Answer 8

Density dependent factors

Question 9

Point at which the population has the highest growth potential

Answer 9

Maximum sustained yield

Question 10

The scientific study of animal behavior and a sub topic of zoology

Answer 10

Ethology

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Niche

Question 12

A way in which a group is structured in relation to sexual behavior

Answer 12

Mating system

Question 13

One male has an exclusive relationship with two or more females

Answer 13

Polygyny

Question 14

One female has an exclusive relationship with two or more males

Answer 14

Polyandry

Question 15

Two or more males have an exclusive relationship with two or more females; the numbers of males and females need not be equal

Answer 15

Polygyandry

Question 16

Specifies how some object or organism is located in space in relation to some reference object

Answer 16

Spatial relation

Question 17

The area where an animal lives and travels

Answer 17

Home range

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Territory

Question 19

Refers to species movement away from an existing population or away from the parent organism

Answer 19

Dispersal

Question 20

Individuals move permanently away from the birth area

Answer 20

Natal dispersal

Question 21

Adults relocated between breeding attempts

Answer 21

Breeding dispersal

Question 22

Remaining and breeding in the natal area

Answer 22

Philopatry

Question 23

The relatively long distance movement of individuals usually on a seasonal basis

Answer 23

Migration

Question 24

A field of biology that examines periodic phenomena in living organisms and their adaptation to solar and lunar related rhythms

Answer 24

Biological rhythm or chronobiology

Question 25

Rhythms with a period of about 24 hrs

Answer 25

Circadian

Question 26

Rhythms have a period of a heat

Answer 26

Circannual

Question 27

Rhythms with a period of less than 24 hrs

Answer 27

Ultradian

Question 28

All interactions that transmit information between animals

Answer 28

Communication

Question 29

More variable and displayed by their intensity, like openings of mouth

Answer 29

Graded signals

Question 30

Sent in a simple manner, flattening ears

Answer 30

Discrete signals

Question 31

Two or more signals form this

Answer 31

Composite signals

Question 32

Changing the sequence of signals

Answer 32

Syntax

Question 33

Changing the surroundings/situation of signals

Answer 33

Context

Question 34

A group of individuals of the same species that is organized in a cooperative manner, extending beyond sexual and parental behavior

Answer 34

Society

Question 35

Behavior directed towards society or taking place between members of the same species

Answer 35

Social behavior

Question 36

Cold-blooded, require less energy

Answer 36

Ectotherms

Question 37

Warm-blooded, require more energy

Answer 37

Endotherms

Question 38

Digests cellulose

Answer 38

Biological fermentation

Question 39

Fast energy source

Answer 39

Carbohydrates

Question 40

Twice the energy of carbs

Answer 40

Fats (lipids)

Question 41

Good indicator of diet quality; growth and body function; energy equivalent to carbs

Answer 41

Proteins

Question 42

Diverse biochemical functions

Answer 42

Vitamins

Question 43

Where 2 or more habitats meet

Answer 43

edge

Question 44

Increase in abundance where two habitats meet

Answer 44

Edge effect

Question 45

Water is densest at what temperature?

Answer 45

4 degrees Celsius

Question 46

Water freezes at

Answer 46

Zero degrees Celsius

Question 47

Water density stuff matters because

Answer 47

Ice can float and aquatic organisms are safe from freezing

Question 48

A collection of individuals of the same species occupying a defined area during a specific time

Answer 48

Population

Question 49

Process by which soil particles are detached from their original site, transported, and eventually deposited at a new location

Answer 49

Soil erosion

Question 50

Tendency of certain chemicals to accumulate or build up within food chains

Answer 50

Biomagnification