Exam 3

Question 1

Which President of the United States established agricultural and technical colleges in all states?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Which of the following levels, ecologically speaking, is the largest?

Answer 2

Landscape

Question 3

according to studies cited in the textbook, in Grand Teton National Park areas with higher densities of wolves have _______ pronghorn fawn survival than areas with lower wolf densities.

Answer 3

greater

Question 4

Which decision-making method is frequently centered around a consequence table?

Answer 4

ProACT

Question 5

T/F Abundance of wild populations is an easy metric to accurately estimate

Answer 5

False

Question 6

In pop modeling, all age classes have an equal impact on pop dynamics

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Compensatory predation has little to no impact on overall prey survival

Answer 7

True

Question 8

in the broadest sense, population dynamics can be determined through four factors: births, __, deaths, and __.

Answer 8

immigration and emmigration

Question 9

Who was the author of The Population Bomb, an extremely influential piece of work that discussed Earth’s carrying capacity and the rapidly increasing human population.

Answer 9

Parul Ehrlich

Question 10

A lambda value >1 symbolizes a…

Answer 10

increasing population

Question 11

The term ______________ is used to describe multiple populations of the same species with some level of dispersal and gene flow.

Answer 11

metapopulation

Question 12

T/F – In N. America, bovine brucellosis has been recorded in populations of deer, elk, and bison.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F – From a traditional management perspective, rabies is a significant problem for wildlife populations. False

Answer 13

False

Question 14

T/F – Most of the organisms/toxins that kill sea otters also sicken and kill wild animals, domesticated animals, and humans. True

Answer 14

True

Question 15

There has been an apparent ____ in the incidence of wildlife disease.

Answer 15

increase

Question 16

Once believed to be extinct, ______ are discussed in the textbook as a conservation success story – the result of breeding programs, translocations, and improved vaccinations. This species was also recently cloned!

Answer 16

black-footed ferret

Question 17

Recently, massive bat mortality in North America has been cause by ___________.

Answer 17

white-nose syndrome

Question 18

In bighorn sheep, contact with what other ungulate significantly increases mortality and risk of disease?

Answer 18

domesticated sheep

Question 19

Bighorn sheep populations across the western United States and Canada have declined by more than ____ from historic population numbers.

Answer 19

90%

Question 20

T/F – Consumptive use of wildlife in the form of hunting and trapping is a major aspect of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T/F – Most conservation officers are paid with the income from hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T/F – In recent decades, white-tailed deer populations have been effectively and consistently controlled by hunting alone

Answer 22

False

Question 23

The ____ Act legislated that funds from taxed hunting and fishing purchases be provided to state wildlife agencies.

Answer 23

Pittman-Robertson

Question 24

In 2007, there were about __ million hunters in the US alone.

Answer 24

12.5

Question 25

The proportion of hunters in the US population has __________ for decades

Answer 25

decreased

Question 26

A survey of Maryland residents revealed ____ of hunters were very likely to volunteer to help state wildlife agencies, a greater percentage than non-hunters.

Answer 26

22%

Question 27

In ungulates, which of the following demographic ratios has no significant impact on productivity?

Answer 27

low male: female ratio

Question 28

T/F – Climate change will likely produce costly tropic mismatches for wildlife.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

T/F – Thanks to evolutionary pressures which improved jumping and running abilities, man-made fences pose no threat to ungulates

Answer 29

False

Question 30

T/F – Electrocution is among the top 5 causes of mortality for golden and bald eagles in the US.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Weather is variation in ambient __, ____, and __ across time and space.

Answer 31

temp, precip and wind

Question 32

At the time this textbook was written, the __ was a species of bird that had the potential to go extinct from a single weather event, since all individuals wintered in the same location.

Answer 32

whooping crane

Question 33

When ambient noise levels increase, many herbivores ___________ levels of foraging activity

Answer 33

decrease

Question 34

Which of these weather-related terms covers the shortest period of time? a. Weather event b. Weather pattern c. Climate d. Two of these are equally short

Answer 34

weather event

Question 35

Being struck by a vehicle is fatal to deer an estimated ____% of the time.

Answer 35

92

Question 36

T/F – The amount of energy expended during terrestrial locomotion is unaffected by substrate type.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

T/F – When temperatures are outside of an organism’s thermoneutral zone, energy costs decrease

Answer 37

False

Question 38

T/F – Energy costs during gestation are higher than energy costs during lactation

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Proteins are composed of sequences of __ __.

Answer 39

amino acids

Question 40

__ of the 90 elements in the chemical periodic table are essential to life.

Answer 40

26

Question 41

Which of these species likely has the highest energy demand per kilogram? a. African Elephant b. Mule Deer c. American Marten d. Deer Mouse

Answer 41

Deer mouse

Question 42

In aquatic locomotion, increasing speed leads to a(n) __________ in energy costs.

Answer 42

exponential increase

Question 43

Which of these energy saving methods generally covers a longer period of time? a. Torpor b. Hibernation c. They’re equal

Answer 43

hibernation