Wildlife Industry
What is wildlife?
All plants, animals, and other living organisms that have not been domesticated
What is a community?
all of the living things in an area
What is an endangered species?
Wildlife species in immediate danger of extinction
What is a habitat?
The actual location in the environment where an organism lives
What are aesthetics?
What you see.
Visual appeal
What four areas are part of wildlife conservation?
Research, education, law enforcement, management
What is natural selection?
Process of organisms with favorable traits being stronger and surviving longer than those without those traits.
What is an extinct species?
Species of wildlife that no longer exits
What is an ecological niche?
Ecological position in the world
What is the Colorado State Animal?
Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
What is the distinction between terrestrial and aquatic life? Give an example for each.
Terrestrial Life: live on land (rabbits, deer, bear)
Aquatic life: live in water or some of their life in water (fish, alligators, turtles)
What are the feeding groups on the basis of plant vs animal food?
herbivore: eats plants
carnivore: eats meat
omnivore: eats both plants and meats
What is a threatened species?
A species of wildlife likely to become endangered in the future
What is a geographical range?
Collection of all the habitat areas a species lives
Do bats always turn left or right when leaving a cave?
left
How doe natality and mortality effect population density?
Population density is the number of organisms that occupy and area.
Natality is birth rate
Mortality is death rate
Natality and mortality directly effect the number of organisms that occupy an area. If animals are born population density will increase. If animals die population density will decrease.
What is biotic and abiotic?
biotic: living organism
abiotic: nonliving organism
What is a rare species?
A species that exists in small numbers, often kept in zoos, refuges, and other protected places.
What is dispersal ability?
How well individuals or their offspring can move from place to place.
Which species of bear has the longest tongue (about 8-10 inches long)?
The Sun Bear
Excessive numbers of organisms in an area. The area can not sustain the population size. Number of organisms in the area exceeds carrying capacity.
What are the five life span stages?
beginning (birth)
growth and development
maturity
decline
death
What are the four factors that cause wildlife population to decline?
2. Overhunting
3. Exploitation
4. Competition
How can interactions with other species limit a species' distribution?
Invading a new environment
Predators and their prey
Competing for resources
What animal doesn't drink water but absorbs it through their skin?
Frogs