Ecological Principles
Define pioneer species.
What is the first species to colonize an area (bonus: occurs after primary succession)
True or False: Trees sequester carbon as they decay.
False, trees sequester carbon when they are living and release carbon when they decay.
Organisms do NOT require nutrients, or chemical substances, during which of the following phases?
A. Growth
B. Reproduction
C. Maintenance
D. Sleep
What is D. sleep?
Which order is defined by having a diet which consists of a majority of animal protein?
A. Carnivora
B. Artiodactyla
C. Chiroptera
D. Cingulata
What is A. carnivora?
What was the first federal law that protected wildlife? (Bonus: double points for the year)
What is the Lacey Act of 1900?
Which of the following is a private organization which has conserved more than 14 million acres since its founding and has sister organizations in both Canada and Mexico which have collectively raised more than $2 billion through the “Rescue Our Wetlands” campaign?
What is Ducks Unlimited?
According to Ducks Unlimited there are 4 biomes. Name them.
What are grasslands, forests, wetlands, and aquatic?
Moss and lichen are commonly found in which terrestrial habitat?
What is the tundra?
The term for the maximum population and area can support.
What is carrying capacity?
Name the smallest and largest taxonomic groups.
What is species and domain?
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which retires cropland and restores the land to grassland, is part of what piece of legislation?
The Farm Bill
The name of the act that passed hunting licenses for migratory waterfowl. (Bonus: double points for the year it was enacted)
The Duck Stamp Act 1934
Define succession.
What is a disturbance to an environment and the response after?
Carnivorous plants are most commonly found in this wetland.
What is a bog?
Fertility control is a _______ method of controlling wildlife populations.
What is non-lethal?
The process of naming species uses __________, giving the species a name with two parts.
A. Binomial nomenclature
B. Diagnostic characteristics
C. Monomial nomenclature
D. Ecology naming
What is A. binomial nomenclature?
The Clean Water Act, also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, was enacted in what year?
What is 1948?
What percentage of the Duck Stamp Act goes to funding habitat restoration? 25 percent, 50 percent, 75 percent, or 98 percent?
Denitrification (or nitrogen fixation) is a part of which nutrient cycle?
What is the nitrogen cycle?
Tourism and recreation are an example of which type of service provided by ecosystems: Provisional, Cultural, Supporting, Regulating
What are cultural services?
Who acquired the sporting journal Forest and Stream and used it to promote wildlife conservation?
A. George Bird Grinnell
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett
Who is A. George Bird Grinnell?
What is the most abundant cervid in the United States?
What is the White Tailed Deer?
The year that Conservation Biology was established.
What is 1978?
Lamellae are located in which part of the duck?
What is the bill?
Name one positive interaction between organisms.
What is commensalism or mutualism?
The act of complete loss of a habitat is called this...
What is habitat destruction?
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?
A. Pronghorn
B. Bison
C. Passenger pigeon
D. Carolina parakeet
What is C. Passenger pigeon?
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?
A. Odontophoridae
B. Columbidae
C. Picidae
D. Falconidae
What is D. Falconidae?
Which of the following examples corresponds to the category of protection restoration efforts?
A. Conservation easement or regulatory measure like the Organic Act which prevents habitats from being converted or fragmented
B. Re-establishing the topography of an area
C. Controlling hydrologic regime to ensure proper water levels
D. Optimizing the use of fertilizer and pesticides to prevent excessive nutrients and runoff
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 ____________.
A. The President
B. The Secretary of the Interior
C. The chief biologist of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
D. Representation from Ducks Unlimited®
What is B. The Secretary of the Interior?