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Topography in a forested wetland
What is pit and mound?
100
Of oak and pine, the tree that is rated a better food source
What is oak?
100
Name two competing uses of rangeland in Montana and the west
What are forage and habitat for domestic livestock and wildlife. hunting, mining precious metals, fuel (gas, coal) exploration recreational uses such as; access to fishing, bird-watching, hiking, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, trail bike/ATV riding
100
A broad group of bacteria that form thread-like filaments in the soil. They are responsible for the distinctive earthy scent of freshly exposed, moist soil.
What are actinomycetes?
100
3 reasons wild turkey populations have been increasing in Maine
What are: Wildlife laws protect them ample suitable habitat trap and transfer program regulation of hunting season
200
An area dominated by grasses and sedges. Historically, they were mowed for forage.
What is a wet meadow?
200
Of the 4 native maples, this one rarely exceeds 25 feet in height
What is striped maple?
200
hinder or encourage: the effect of disturbance on the survival of the prairie ecosystem
What is encourage? Prairie ecosystems thrive on the intermittent disturbance brought by frequent fire and the irregular mosaic of vegetation carved out by the periodic passage of native grazers (bison, elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, and antelope). These disturbance and subsequent renewal have shaped the life cycle of every native prairie organism
200
of a forest, pasture, potato field, or parking lot, the setting with the greatest diversity of soil fauna
What is the forest?
200
2 reasons coyotes are expanding their range into urban areas like Bangor and Portland
What are ample/easy food supply habitat in surrounding areas already occupied (territorial) no hunting in urban areas adaptability to humans
300
The order of lake strata from top to bottom
What is epilimnion, metalimnion, hypolimnion?
300
In square feet, the basal area of a tree with DBH of 16"
What is 5.58?
300
the most dominant forest type in Maine
What is spruce/fir?
300
Of skipping, crawling, shimmying, swimming, and running, the primary method nematodes use to move through the soil
What is swimming?
300
Two factors that limit Canada lynx population in Maine
What are lack of suitable habitat lack of specific food (snowshoe hare) predation, disease
400
The enrichment of bodies of fresh water by inorganic plant nutrients (e.g. nitrate, phosphate).
What is eutrophication?
400
the common name of trees in the family Betula
What are birches?
400
who is allowed on private lands?
What are those who have permission?
400
soils deposited by moving water
What are alluvial soils?
400
Two factors that enhance Canada lynx populations in Maine
What are large contiguous tracts of suitable forest habitat cooperation of landowners for forest management laws protecting lynx abundant food supply
500
a word used to describe a young lake, lacking in plant nutrients and having a large amount of dissolved oxygen throughout
What is oligotrophic?
500
the single layer of cells that produces new wood and bark in a tree
What is the cambium?
500
the team who will dominate at Downeast Regionals in Cherryfield this year
What is the Hampden Academy Envirothon Team? :)
500
the texture class(es) of soil particles deposited by rapidly flowing water
What are sands and gravel?
500
2 limiting factors affecting Maine's piping plover population
What are habitat loss predation nest loss due to high tides and storms sharing beach habitat with humans