WIS2040 Exercise 2 – Flashcards
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The four chordate characteristics are all visible in the adults of all chordate species
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False
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Bear-baiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India
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True
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When lampreys reached the upper Great Lakes the _______ fishery collapsed
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Lake Trout
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Australians use the "Judas" technique to manage populations of _____________
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donkeys
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The original Biological Survey was under the Department of __________
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Agriculture
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The phylum chordata is subdivided into . . . subphyla
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3
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Scientists once thought (incorrectly) that Amphioxus was a larval . . . that underwent paedomorphosis
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Lamprey
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Compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing
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Coyotes
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The __________ is the sole surviving member of the lobe-finned fishes
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Coelocanth
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In the late nineteenth century (1885-1900), the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy spent most of its effort on
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Predator control
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Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on squid and _______ as adults
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Mackerel
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The genus Eleutherodactylus, a genus of chirping frogs, has _____ species scattered over the West Indies
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100
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The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protext and manage horses and burros
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On public rangelands
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The __________ were the first vertebrates
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Ostracoderms
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External fertilization is seen in __________ salamanders
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Primitive
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Some species of ___________ are catadromous species
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Eels
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Modern hagfishes are found only in ________ environments
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Marine
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Game species are those that are hunted ...
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For sport
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The US Forest Service is an agency under the Department of
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Agriculture
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Wild Horses presently occur in ________ western states
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10
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The Patagonian Toothfish is officially listed as endangered
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False
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There are possibly __________ species of bony fishes
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22,000
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Rhode Island was the first state to close the hunting season on ...
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White-Tailed Deer
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In most issues, the majority of people have a strong opinion
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False
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To protect Lake Michigan from possible invasion by Asian Carp, fishery managers ________
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Put up an electrical barrier
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The use of poisons for predator control was banned on all federal lands by President _________
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Nixon
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Which of the following would not be considered a wildlife management practice?
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Rain
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The Patagonian Toothfish is managed by a group of 24 nations that make up the
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CCAMLR
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The original Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was later renamed the _______
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Bureau of Biological Survey
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The net ban campaign relied heavily on the use of ________
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Photographs of dead wildlife
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CARA was passed by ________ in the summer of 2001
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House of Representatives
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In 1990, the US banned imports of _________ from Mexico because of dolphin mortality
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Tuna
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____________ refers to the facultative or environmentally determined form of paedomorphosis
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Neoteny
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Management practices that aided the brown-headed cowbird are associated with the decline of _______
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wood thrush
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__________ are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs
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Sirens
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Of the following, ________ is not considered a component of habitat according to the traditional wildlife definition of habitat
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Potential competitors
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The main product that forms from the bile of bears is _____
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UDCA
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Americans supported the re-introduction of ____________ to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s
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Wolves
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In 1994, the _______ imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in Florida
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GFC
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In 1996 Congress placed the NBS under the
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USGS
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Propoganda is used in order to _______
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Gain support from the masses
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According to ____________ the majority of people in the US favor the reintroduction of the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park
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Defenders of Wildlife
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The __________ is an example of a southeastern US game bird that, due to the effects of fire ants and habitat loss, is declining
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Bobwhite
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Large scale commercial fishing for Patagonian Toothfish began in the
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1990s
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For every $0.75 contributed by the Pittman-Robertson Act, the state agency must contribute
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$0.25
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The common carp is native to ________
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Eurasia
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All lampreys are parasitic
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False
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__________ is the most widely used type of non-toxic shotgun shell shot according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Steel
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The so-called ____________ in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare
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Reformists
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The passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of mummichog to New York Harbor which benefited ______
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Certain water birds
