Aquatic Ecology
What is the name of the shallow areas near the shore of ponds/lakes that have abundant aquatic life and nutrients?
The littoral zone
What is an example of an unguligrade?
Deer and/or elk
What is a type of selective cutting where the mature trees in an area are harvested in several cuttings? The tallest trees and the smaller damaged or diseased trees are removed first to allow more sunlight to reach the forest floor so new seedlings and plants can grow. A few years later, more trees are harvested, with some larger trees being left behind to provide shelter for younger trees. The final cut harvests the remaining mature trees.
Shelterwood cutting
What is sedimentation
The deposition of sediments
What does the term “More likely than not” mean in terms of percentages?
>50% probability
What is the name of a plant that has adapted to cope with saltwater? (ex. spartina grass)
A halophytic plant
Which act provided funds for wildlife study, habitat restoration, and hunter education by enforcing an 11% excise tax on hunting equipment?
The Pittman-Robertson Act
What is a fungal disease carried by beetles that kills trees by stopping up the vascular tubes?
Dutch Elm Disease
In what regions does mechanical weathering occur fastest in?
Cool, dry regions
What is the biggest threat to the Piedmont region?
drought
What are the three factors most important in identifying an area as a wetland?
Hydrology, hydric soils, and hydrophytic vegetation.
Which species does this describe? Species breeds in the winter and early spring, males depositing spermatophores in water and females collecting them. The female lats 200-375 eggs through the summer, which hatch after 20 to 35 days. The larvae live in ponds for 2 to 3 months before transforming to their land stage for 3 to 4 years then returning to the pond.
Eastern Newt
Give an example of a tree in North Carolina that bears a multiple fruit achene
American Sycamore
What seasons have the highest water table in NC?
Winter and early spring
How many people die prematurely, annually, on a global basis based upon exposure to fine particulate matter?
About 7 million.
What is the tiny, rounded fin between the dorsal fin and the tail fin that some fish have? (ex. rainbow trout)
The adipose fin
Which bird has the longest nesting season of any in the US?
The Mourning Dove
What is the act that provides federal financial assistance for technical services to landowners in the management, harvesting, and marketing of forests?
The Norris-Doxey Cooperative Farm Forestry Act
How much nitrogen is lost per year per acre?
15 pounds
An index based upon radiative properties of greenhouse gases, measuring the radiative forcing of a given greenhouse gas in today’s atmosphere over a time period relative to that of carbon dioxide.
What is global warming potential (GWP)?
What is the minimum oxygen requirement (mg/L) of a Ladyfish?
Three
Which species does this describe? Species eats seeds, fruits, wheat, corn, rice (left in agricultural fields), vegetative parts of aquatic plants, and aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates.
Wood duck
What is tree with dark, thick, rough, deeply furrowed, squarish plates of bark that bears elliptical acorns which end in a stout point? The wood for this tree is commonly used for firewood, charcoal, and railroad ties.
Blackjack Oak
What is the availability of iron when the soil pH is 8?
0
What does RCP 2.6 project?
Carbon emissions will peak in 2020 and will steadily decrease after that