Vocab
Species Identify
History
Wildlife Conservation
Habitat Conservation
100
Large, naturally occurring ecological levels occupying a major habitat; include aquatic,
forest, grassland and wetland
Biomes
100
___________ includes all cervid, bovine, and apex predator species.
Big Game
100
Endangered Species Act
1973
100
What is a good reason for conducting a prescribed burn?
Clearing forest fuel
100
What percent of forests remain in the United States?
33%
200
smaller community where biotic and abiotic elements interact within a biome Definiton of Ecosystem
Definiton of Ecosystem
200
Red Tailed Hawk
200
Lacey Act
1900
200
Which is defined by having a diet which consists of a majority of animal protein?
Carnivora
200
What percentage of Duck Stamp sales goes to supporting habitat restoration?
98
300
northern-most terrestrial habitat which is treeless and the subsoil is frozen year-round Definition of Tundra
Definition of Tundra
300
floating algae
phytoplankton
300
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
1934
300
something that eats both plants and animals?
Describe an omnivore
300
Water found in a wetland with woody plants, saturated or slow-moving water and low oxygen levels in the soil is known as what?
A Swamp
400
wetlands with woody plants
Definition of Swamps
400
what are invertebrate aquatic animals. such as crab, lobster or shrimp
crustaceans
400
Which individual was thought to do more to conserve wildlife than any single individual in U.S. history?
President Theodore Roosevelt
400
How would you describe a taiga?
Northernmost forests with seasonal climate including long winters and short summers.
400
What wetlands is dominated by emergent vegetation?
Marshes
500
parasite feeds off of a host organism
definition of parasitism
500
Which family is most closely related to giraffes?
Antilocapridae
500
Who acquired the sporting journal Forest and Stream and used it to promote wildlife conservation?
George Bird Grinnell
500
Fill in the blank. Marine habitats cover more than ____ percent of the earth's surface.
70%
500
Preservation is the act of rebuilding an area suffering severe habitat loss.
False, that's restoring a habitat. Preserving a habitat involves preventing the loss of it.