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What are barn owls threatened by?
Urban and suburban development and the loss of hollow trees and old buildings that they use for nesting sites
What two diseases affect amphibians, are transmitted through close contact, and cause inflammation of the limbs and organs.
Chytrid Fungus (Bd) and Ranaviruses
What exists when an organism lives in, on, or in close association with another organism?
Symbiosis
What are the two large groups that animals are classified into?
Invertebrates and Vertebrates
What are the two cartilaginous, muscular membranes in the larynx?
Vocal Chords
In what season(s) are seepage salamanders most active?
Spring and summer
The Pittman-Robertson Act enforces an 11% excise tax on hunting equipment. What does it support?
Funding for habitat conservation and research
Amphibians and songbirds are also known as what kind of species?
Indicator species
What makes up nearly half of all the known species of vertebrates?
Fish
What does the diamondback terrapin do when it find itself in salty water?
It reduces its food intake
What kind of soils do nine-banded armadillos prefer?
Clay or sandy soils
What was the first large-scale federal wildlife protection law in the United States.
Lacey Act of 1900
Species that only inhabit particular areas are known as what?
Endemic species
The majority of bird species are _________, meaning one male pairs with one female for the breeding season.
Monogamous
A flock of 25 birds can fly ___% farther than a single bird can.
71
What are clapper rail populations mostly affected by annually?
Flooding of nests from high tides in spring
What is every hunter in NC required to take?
A hunter safety and education course and have a valid hunting or fishing license
What's bigger, a home range or a territory?
Home range, because they are roamed but not defended
Since hearing is highly developed in mammals, they are the only animals that have what assiociated with their ear?
Flesh structures assiociated with the external ear opening
What are the sizes of the female and male sharp-shinned hawk?
6 oz and 3 1/2 oz
What is the greatest threat to bog turtle populations?
Habitat Destruction
What law was created to “protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend?"
Endangered Species Act of 1973
The final community of natural vegetation that does not change unless disturbed is called the what?
Climax community
What is the one factor that is super important in the timing for reptile reproduction?
Temperature
What kind of mimicry occurs when two well defended animals resemble each other?
Mullerian mimicry