Terms
A species whose activities have a significant role in determining community structure
Keystone species
What is the most diverse order of animals on earth?
Coleoptera (beetles)
What is the term for the difference in appearance, physiology, or behavior between males and females of the same species?
Sexual dimorphism
The term for animals that primarily reside in trees
Arboreal
How do you distinguish juvenile vs adult quail?
Buffy tips on the primary coverts (come learn about this at Rolling Plains with us!)
What do we call the largest number of animals that can be harvested in a sustained manner from a population?
Maximum sustained yield
What are the
1. State flower of texas
2. State small mammal of texas
3. State fish of texas
Texas bluebonnet, ninebanded armadillo, guadalupe bass
What is the term for reproduction by live birth
Viviparous
The term for an animal that is active primarily in twilight (sunrise and sunset)
Crepscular
What feathers are responsible for providing thrust in flight?
Primaries
What is the term for the independent evolution of similar traits or features in different, distantly related species
Convergent evolution
What are the three domains of life?
Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archea
What is the mating of one female to multiple males?
(many males)
An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is neither benefitted or harmed
Commensalism
What is the most venomous mammal?
What is a trophic cascade? Provide an example?
When a top predator is removed from a system there are changes that occur at lower levels of the system.
Wolves in Yellowstone
Name 2 non-native agricultural pests in texas
emerald ash borer, feral hogs, spotted cucumber beetle, fruit flies, asian longhorn beetle, fire ants, nutria
What is the term in population dynamics for the reproductive capacity of an individual or population?
Fecundity
The term for the ability to grasp (ex: opposum tails)
Prehensile
What are the plates on a turtles shell called?
Scutes
What is the difference between a population census and a population estimate?
A census is a complete count of a population
An estimate is a statistical sample that refects population size but is not a direct count of the entire population.
What animals are found in the family Anura?
Frogs
What is the term for an organism that reproduces only once in its lifetime, investing all its energy into a single reproductive event after which it dies (salmon, octopuses, etc)
Semelparous (animals that reproduce multiple times are iteroparous)
The term for animals that live and interact in groups, flocks, herds, or colonies?
Gregarious
What are the four chambers of a ruminants stomach?
Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum