Do You Really Know It?
Births and death rates are expressed as the number per ___ individuals per unit of time.
1,000
What groups were the biggest advocates for game protection?
Sports hunters
Game species can be broken down into five categories. Big game / furbearers includes all cervid, bovine, and apex predator species. Big game / Furbearers includes species which are trapped and harvested for their pelt.
Big Game----------------Furbearers
What percentage of Duck Stamp sales goes to supporting habitat restoration?
98%
The Duck Stamp Act is an incentive program which encourages producers and landowners to conserve grasslands. When it was first enacted, the stamp cost $1. When was this act passed?
1934
Which president was responsible for establishing the first wildlife refuge?
Theodore Roosevelt
What best describes anaerobic soil in a wetland?
The soil is free of oxygen
The contamination of air, water or soil by substances which are harmful to wildlife
Pollution
Market hunters decimated populations of many wildlife species in order to help feed the growing population in North America, eventually leading to the extinction of some species. Which of the following species became extinct due to market hunting?
Passenger Pigeon
What is a habitat requirement for breeding grounds?
Access to ample amounts of easily accessible resources nearby, multiple ponds or small wetlands ideal to allow breeding pairs to spread out significantly and reduce competition for resources
What is the best description for the logging practice term known as clear cutting?
Logging all trees of the same age in one area
What land is NOT regulated by the National Park Service?
Private land
Habitats utilized by migratory birds for resources along the flyway during bi-annual migration
Stopover sites
The benefit of one organism at the expense of another host organism
Parasitism
Adrian was hired by a company to survey for endangered species before a construction project. As part of this survey, they wish to know species diversity on the property. While on his first survey Adrian sees a bird he has never seen before, so he takes detailed notes and a picture with plans to identify it later. The bird has a distinctly hooked beak, bright yellow legs, and a bright yellow ring around the eye. What family does this bird belong to?
Falconidae
Since the start of the Duck Stamp Act in 1934, how many national wildlife refuges have been created or expanded?
300
What state is NOT one of the states currently experiencing wetland reductions of between 80 to 100 percent
Texas
The reactions of two or more individuals seeking the same resource at the same time
Competition
Carol works for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and is surveying an area to determine if it meets the requirements to be classified as a wetland. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for her to take into consideration?
The area must have standing water year-round
Paul is a park ranger in charge of removing a brown bear which has been invading campsites and has grown comfortable around park guests. Paul sets up motion sensors which rapidly flash lights when triggered around the border of the park. After a period of time, Paul notices there have not been any more bear sightings in the park. This is an example of what?
Behavior Modification
The Bureau of Biological Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries was combined under which president to create the Bureau of Wildlife?
Franklin Roosevelt
What park was the first established national park?
Yellowstone National Park
Because diving ducks have a smaller wing-to-body ratio, they are required to do which of the following in order to take flight?
Run across the water to gain speed
Which of the following Acts grants the right for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate the impact of any federal or state actions affecting control or modification of bodies of water?
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
The Migratory Bird Conservation Act created the migratory bird conservation commission in 1929 in order to evaluate and approve federal land for wildlife refuges using federal funding. This commission is made up of the Secretary of Agriculture, two senators, two members of the house of representatives and ____________.
The Secretary of the Interior