Ecological Principles
Agencies/Laws/Acts
Key Dates/People
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
T/F: Preservation is the act of rebuilding an area suffering severe habitat loss.
False. Preservation is actions that keep the loss from happening in the first place.
100
The Bureau of Biological Survey & the Bureau of Fisheries was combined under which president to create the Bureau of Wildlife?
A. Ulysses S. Grant B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. Henry Ford D. Herbert Hoover
B. Franklin Roosevelt
100
In what year was the Federal Water Pollution Control Act established?
A. 1869 B. 1935 C. 1948 D. 1978
C. 1948
100
Which of the following best describes the number of organisms surviving long enough to be added to a population?
A. Emigration B. Immigration
C. Recruitment D. Aerenchyma
C. Recruitment
100
Name this species: A. Elk B. Moose C. Mule Deer
D. White-tailed deer
C. Mule Deer
200
Samantha is managing an area suffering a reduction of grasses & plants which affects the survival of an endangered species. She plans to increase producers to support long term balance. Which represents this plan?
A. Parasitism B. Sustainability
C. Preservation D. Partnership
B. Sustainability
200
Which act enabled funding through the sale of firearms, ammunition and sporting goods?
A. Pittman-Robertson Act B. Weeks-McLean Act
C. Fish & Wildlife Coordination Act
D. National Economic Restoration Plan
A. Pittman-Robertson
200
What year was the Lacey Act enacted?
1900
200
T/F: Game species can be broken down into 5 categories. Big game includes all cervid, bovine, and apex predator species. Furbearers includes species which are trapped and harvested for their pelt.
True
200
T/F: Hunting and fishing regulations are independent of monitoring wildlife populations.
False.
300
Marine habitats cover more than ______ percent of the earth's surface?
70
300
Which law prohibited market hunting?
The Lacey Act
300
Who published the very first textbook about game management?
Aldo Leopold
300
_____________ are used to stop water from naturally changing course and to prevent flooding.
Levees
300
Name this species:
Bobcat
400
Lava cools to bare rock. Lichens have colonized on the rock, breaking it down & creating soil. Soil allowed grasses & flowering plants to grow. What is the pioneer species in this example?
Lichens
400
Which federal agency has the authority to manage migratory birds, marine fish, and endangered species?
US Fish and Wildlife Service
400
In what year was the Migratory Bird Act enacted?
1913
Migratory Bird Act - 1913
Migratory Bird Treaty - 1916
Migratory Bird Treaty Act - 1918
400
Logging all of the trees of the same age in one area is known as ___________.
Clear cutting
400
Which state is NOT currently experiencing wetland reductions of between 80 to 100%?
Texas
500
40% of the world's oxygen is produced in which biome?
Tropical Rainforests
500
What piece of legislation ensures safe standards for waste discharge and other point-source pollution?
The Clean Water Act
500
Who, along with Franklin Roosevelt, created the first wildlife conservation organization called the Boone and Crockett Club?
George Bird Grinnell
500
Transpiration is when plants release ________during photosynthesis and respiration
Water Vapor
500
Denitrification is an essential step in what cycle?
Nitrogen