Wis2040 Test 1 Reading Wis 2040 - Flashcards

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The _____ may have used the bone in their skin for a mineral reservoir.

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ostracoderms

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dr julie savidge concluded that ____ was the cause of declines of forest bird populations in Guam

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brown-tree snake predation

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as defined by moulton, wildlife management practices are always intentional (T/F

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false

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it is not really important who decides what is actually scientific and what is actually pseudoscientific (T/F)

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false

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bear baiting is still practiced in pakistan and india (T/F)

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true

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in arguing issues, any statements that are made must be

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none of these

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a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses

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washington

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the situation where individuals in a group try to bluff those in another group into thinking they have superior numbers is called a

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Beau Geste effect

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the so-called ____ in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare

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reformists

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most of the so-called upland game birds belong to the order

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Galliformes

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wildlife issues or other env issues should be resolved based on public opinion (T/F)

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false

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wild horses and burros are managed by the

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BLM

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when campaigning for a certain cause it is important to win whenever possible in order to

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generate positive propaganda

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kirtland's warbler currently nests almost exclusively in the state of

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michigan

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public land grazers in the western states are no longer as powerful as they once were, because of

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increased public awareness

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bear farms, where bears are kept for their bile, occur widely in

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china

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CA was the first state to have a

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wildlife commission

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in 2002 both houses of the US congress had bills before them that would ban

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canned hunts

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the poison used in colorado to kill bears

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thallium

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the mute swam population in massachusetts is derived from individuals introduced from

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europe

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BLM is an angency under the US department of

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interior

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in the year 2000, wild burros occurred in ___ western states

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5

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economically well developed nations are called

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MDCs

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science is presumably based on how much fact?

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100%

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the pro-boating group in florida is made-up exclusively of boat owners (T/F)

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fasle

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according to moulton, perhaps the best definition of a habitat was advanced by

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Caughley and Sinclair

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the soviet geneticist who argues against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temps with no regard for natural cold tolerance

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vavilov

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sometime the absence of human intervention can be considered a wildlife management process (T/F)

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true

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______ was not one of the explanations advanced by jenkins to explain declines of guam's forest birds

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global warming

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in the 1990s snow mobiling was banned by denali national park by the

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national park service

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one native species that has been negatively impacted by wild burros is the

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desert pigeon

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in 1996, six CA condors were released in the state of

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arizona

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ring-necked pheasants were introduced to the US from

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Asia

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which of the following groups has a name that is itself propaganda?

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wise use

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according to guither, animal advocated fall into ___ general groups

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2

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the _______, enacted in 1913, focused on migratory waterfowl management

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weeks-mclean act

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according to the pets in america project ______ of american households had at least one pet

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an estimated 61%

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____ was the first state to have paid game wardens

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maine

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the kirtland's warblers winter in

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the bahamas

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some of the california condors released in the 1990s were later killed by

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lead poisoning

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in the late 1800s wading birds in FL were being killed for

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the fashion industry

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pittman-robertson money is never used legally for habitat management (T/F)

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true

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the 1994 FL DEP became concerned about the high number of deaths of

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manatees

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the usfws was formed by combining the bureau of biological study with the

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bureau of fisheries

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wildlife management practices that favor one species

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may harm another

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the most vigorous supporters of the net ban campaign in FL

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recreational fisheries

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in practice, _____ may determine wildlife management practices

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all of these

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punt guns were commonly used for commercially harvesting

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waterfowl

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the wild free roaming horse and burro act was passed to protect horses and burros on

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public rangelands

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_____ is the first step in the scientific method

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observation

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following passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s, several species of water birds have returned to

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new york harbor

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an animal shelter worker in michigan was fired for

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feeding puppies to a snake

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boating rights advocates in fl claim that increased manatee deaths must mean

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that there are plenty of manatees so it doesnt matter

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in order for the public to effectively restore wildlife issues they must first

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be concerned about the law

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in the early part of the 20th century, wildlifers released numerous nonindigenous species for hunting because

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native game species were so reduced by market hunters

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the whole motivation for protecting wild horses and burros when the state of _____ suggested that hunters should shoot horses and burros for sport

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california

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kirtlands warblers build there nests

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on the ground

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the main problem with the various mechanisms for funding non game wildlife research that are in place today is that they are

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unpredictable

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______ in the pacific northwest is needed to protect populations of northern spotted owls

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old growth forest

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the office of economic ornithology and mammalogy was established in

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1985

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wild horses presently occur in ___ western states

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10

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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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in 1985-86 the division called animal damage control was transferred to the us department of

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agriculture

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_____was a popular english passtime that was outlawed in 1582

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bear baiting

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the animal rights group that opposes any use of animals by humans

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PETA

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the largest number of wild horses occurs in the state of

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Nevada

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public input is very important in LDCs (T/F)

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false

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market hunters once sold ______ for a dime a dozen in new york meat markets

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passenger pigeons

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the majority of vertebrate species in FL and CO are properly classified as ____ species

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nongame

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when the use of greater sandhill cranes as surrogate mothers failed as a conservation method for whooping cranes, scientists turned to

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captive breeding

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according to the st petersburg times, by the summer of 2000, manatee protection plans had been filed by __ counties of the 13 that had been required

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4

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the US forest service is an agency under the department of

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agriculture

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in most issues the majority of people have strong opinions (T/F)

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false

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recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of swainsons hawks in

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argentina

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the original biological survey was done under the department of

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agriculture

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california condor reintroductions were carried out by a partnership between the USFWS and the

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peregrine fund

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beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe them (T/F)

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false

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management efforts on the kaibab plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing

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the public

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historically wildlife managers have focused on making ___ happy

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hunters

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in 1970, some boy scouts found 2 dozen dead ________ that were killed by exposure to thallium

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bald and gold eagles

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the NBS was renamed ____ in 1996

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the BRD

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in order to nest successfully, kirthland's warblers require ______ trees with dense understory

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jack pine

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in order to protect mule deer on kaibab plateau, 30 wolves and more than 700 mountain lions were killed and __________

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deer hunting was banned

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the so-called federal aid-in-wildlife restoration act of 1937 is also known as the

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pittman-robertson act

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during the campaign for the net ban, the supporters of the ban accused the ___ of nonfeasance

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MFC

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according to time magazine survey of 10,007 adults __% claimed to be vefetarians

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4%

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each year wild horses and burros are removed from the wild and

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put up for adoption

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___ are just a state of mind

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beliefs

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americans supported the reintroduction of ___ to yellowston

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wolves

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in south america swainsons hawks were killed after they ingested ____ poisoned by monocrotophos

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grasshoppers

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the greek auk was a seabird that was exterminated in part by

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human harvest of their eggs

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according to moulton there are basically __ categories of wildlife issues

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2

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the national audubon society of today is an offshoot of the

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massachusetts audubon society

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the waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed (T/F)

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true

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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 theory of acquired characteristcs was first advanced by

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Lamarck

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according to moulton, the wildlife management view basically follows that of the

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animal reformists

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one proposed way to kill nonindigenous mute swans is to pour ___ on the eggs

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bleach

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black skimmers are closely related to the

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gulls and terns

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under the reign of william the conqueror, the penalty for killing one of the king's deer was

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blinding

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in general, when it comes to resolving issues, ____ is the most powerful force in america

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the public

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in 1996 congress passed the NBS under the

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USGS

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in the summer of 2002 there were several forest fires in ___, which could not have been the result of US forest service practices

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china

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_____ is an example of a non-game wading bird

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the green-backed heron

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australians use the "Judas" technique to manage populations of

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donkeys

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game species may become non-game species when

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they become rare

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the secretary of interior bruce babbitt told people in NM that _____ were "here to stay" even though someone had shot some of the introduced individuals

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mexican wolves

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the state with the largest number of wild burros

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arizona

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te first ring-necked pheasant introductions to the US were made to the state of

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oregon

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for every $.75 contributed by the pittman robertson act, the state agency must contribute

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$.25

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pittman torbertson money is only used legally for game species (T/F)

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false

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the bison were saved by a coalition of nature lovers and

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sport hunters

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the use of surrogate mothers was an unsuccessful management practice used in the recovery of the

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whooping crane

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when population sizes are not changing, they are at

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equilibrium

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an agency under the department of interior

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FWS

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hand puppets are used to feed baby whooping crane chicks so

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they do not become imprinted on humans

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the ESA was passed in

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1973

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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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rhode island was the first state to close the hunting season on

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white-tailed deer

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currently mourning doves are hunted legally in ___ states

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39

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one reason that propaganda is so effective is that it is

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easy to believe

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the state where a tax on soft drink cans was used to fund non-game wildlife research

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missouri

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the FWC was originally formed by the

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wildlife unification amendment

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the waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order

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anseriformes

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the Pittman-Robertson act levied a 10% tax on

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firearms and ammunition

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____ were sea birds related to puffins

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great auks

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california condors vanished from the wild in CA in about

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1987

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according to professor moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife (T/F)

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true

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in 2002, ____ reversed the decision to ban recreational snow mobiling in national parks

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Bush

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once the net ban was imposed in florida, lawton shiles threatened to enforce it by

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calling out the national guard

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the main product that forms from the bile of bears is

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UDCA

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the first national park in the US

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yellowstone

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when two sides differ greatly in how much power they have, issues are resolved with

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little compromise

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scientists are presently re-introducing whooping cranes to

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florida

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CARA was passed by the _____ in the summer of 2001

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house of representatives

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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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in 1994, the ___ imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in fl

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GFC

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the humane society for the US is

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anti-hunting

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a brood parasite that attacks the nests of kirtlands waiter

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the brown-headed cowbird

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the wildlife unification amendment merged the gfc with the

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MFC

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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 animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1080

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animal protection institute

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______ is a hallmark of propaganda

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all of these

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game species are those that are hunted for

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sport

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_____ is not a method used by states for funding non-game wildlife research and conservation

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the penny a pound crop tax

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the ____ act was the law that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from fl by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally

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lacey

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propaganda does not necessarily involve the use of lies (T/F)

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true

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according to _____ the majority of people in the US favor the reintroduction of the grey wolf to yellowstone

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defenders of wildlife

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some citizens of the state of ___ sued to halt the season of mourning doves in 2001

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wisconsin

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recently the nps banned ___ in denali national park

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snowmobiling

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the passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of the mummichog in ny harbor, which benefited certain

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water birds

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in the late 19th century, the office of econ ornithology and mammalogy spent most of its effort on

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predator control

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___ formed as an offshoot of an anti-hunting group in england

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the ALF

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issues involving rare and endangered species generally fall under the US department of

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interior

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a ban on commercial netting of fish within 3 miles of the atlantic coast and... was the result of

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a constitutional amendment

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following the passage of the net ban amendment in FL, some commercial fishers tried to use ___ to catch fish

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tarps

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habitat may be defined in terms of

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any of these

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species in the _____ group are not considered game birds

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passeriformes

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presidnet ___ called for a ban on all recreational snowmobiling in all national parks

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clinton

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historically, most of the revenue generated for wildlife management has come from

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hunters

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beavers and muskrats are classified as

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furbearers

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CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding the intiative called

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teaming with wildlife

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compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing

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coyotes

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in the early 1900s, many people in the US supported the extermination of wolves in_____ national park

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yellowstone

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burros were introduced to the US in the

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17th century

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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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management practices that aided brown-headed cowbirds are associated with the decline of

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wood thrush

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an example of a SE US game bird that due to the effects of fire ants and habitat loss, is declining

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bobwhite quail

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propaganda is used in order to

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gain support from the masses

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the wisconsin department of natural resources wants to kill introduced mute swans as they are thought to threaten

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trumpeter swans

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issues involving species of wildlife that have become pests are generally under the department of

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agriculture

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The California Wildlife Protection Act (Proposition 117) banned hunting of ------.

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Mountain Lions

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------: Mountain Lions have never been know to kill humans.

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FALSE

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BTO researchers found that the ------ had increased to higher numbers than ever reported throughout history.

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Grey Heron

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Agriculturalists in Britain blamed the declines in some species on predation by ------.

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sparrow hawks

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------: At the 2002 CITES meeting, the US agreed with the motion to allow a one time sale of ivory stockpiled in five African nations.

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TRUE

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A study of 24 species of ------ birds in Britain conducted by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) found that although many species were declining a few species were increasing.

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breeding

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------ is one of the African nations that argued for lifting the ban on ivory trade.

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Zimbabwe

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------ is the nation that joined Kenya and fought against permanently lifting the ban on ivory trade.

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India

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Voters in Oregon banned the hunting of mountain lions with ------.

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hounds

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In one study of British farmland birds researchers found that about ------ of all European birds are now a conservation concern.

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20.00%

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Cougars have recently been found in South Dakota and ------.

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Minnesota

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------ species of kangaroo are only harvested on Flinders Island and Tasmania.

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Two

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In ------, CITES banned international trade in ivory.

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1989

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the Predator Defense Institute attacked the ------ state wildlife agency over its methods for studying mountain lion population size.

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Oregon

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------ Is the animal rights advocacy group that led the campaign to ban the sale of kangaroo meat in UK grocery stores.

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Viva!

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Although Japan supported the one time sale of ivory, the sale was opposed by ------.

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China

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Researches believe that the declines seen in British farmland birds are due to ------.

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farming practices

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According to Viva!, ------ is the nation that imports the greatest amount of kangaroo meat.

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Bulgaria

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------ was the non-African nation that wanted the ivory trade to be reinstated.

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Japan

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Most of the kangaroo meat commercially harvested in Australia is exported to ------ countries.

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European

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------ species of kangaroo are harvested commercially on the mainland of Australia.

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Five

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Priority numbers for listing species under the ESA are based on ------.

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population size

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Prairie dogs are especially vulnerable to ------.

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Sylvatic Plague

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The state of Louisiana constructed ------ plants to process nutria for human consumption.

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six

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The population of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs in Lubbock, Texas could be as high as ------.

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40000

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The main problem caused by Nutria in Louisiana is that they ------.

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destroy wetland and farmland vegetation

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When exposed to air, phostoxin reacts to form ------.

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hydrogen phosphide

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The range of Black-footed Ferret historically coincided more or less with the range of ------.

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prairie dogs

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Varmint hunters shoot prairie dogs chiefly for ------.

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fun

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------: The Black-tailed Prairie dog is protected by state law in several states.

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FALSE

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Nutria were introduced to the US from ------.

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Argentina

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The largest population of re-introduced black-footed ferrets (164 individuals) is in ------.

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South Dakota

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In August 2004, based on new information, the USFWS ruled that the Black-tailed Prairie Dog should ------.

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not be listed

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The ------ Prairie Dog inhabits the short grass prairie zone of the Great Planes.

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Black-tailed

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When first considered for listing under the ESA, the Black-tailed Prairie dog was assigned a priority number of ------.

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8

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Wide scale poisioning of prairie dogs was undertaken between 1920 and 1970 by the agency now known as ------.

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USDA Wildlife Services

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The individuals used in re-introductions of the black-footed ferret came from ------.

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captive breeding

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The cost of removing 300 prairie dogs from the Lubbock site was ------.

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$17,000.00

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About 150 nutria were able to escape from "escape proof" cages in Louisiana in 1940 following ------.

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a hurricane

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In Louisiana, authorities recently hoped to persuade the public to ------.

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eat nutria meat

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The ------ Prairie Dog is listed as endangered.

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Utah

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Since European contact, the Black-tailed Prairie dog has lost about ------ of its original 100 million acres of habitat.

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99.00%

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In 1981, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found near Meeteese in ------.

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Wyoming

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Black-footed ferrets are vulnerable to ------ as well as sylvatic plague.

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canine distemper

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The ------ is a once commercially important native North American furbearer that weighs about 2 lbs.

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muskrat

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------: In 1999, the USFWS ruled that there was sufficient evidence to warrant an emergency listing for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog.

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FALSE

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In 1999 petitioners listed ------ threats to the Black-tailed Prairie Dog.

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three

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Recently trappers in Louisiana were earning about ------ per nutria pelt.

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$<3

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Petitioners originally sought an "emergency" ------ categorization for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog in 1994.

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candidate 2

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Nutria were originally introduced ------.

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to establish a fur industry

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Once thought to be extinct, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found in ------ in 1964.

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South Dakota

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Officials in Lubbock plan to use ------ to kill prairie dogs.

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phostoxin

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Phostoxin reacts with ------------------ in the atmosphere to become activated.

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H2O

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Priority numbers for listing species under the ESA are based on ------.

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population size

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By the late 1950s there roughly ------ nutria in the US.

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20 million

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According to Seton, at the start of the twentieth century there were ------ prairie dogs on the Great Plains.

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5 billion

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------: All ranchers in the US oppose wolf re-introductions.

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FALSE

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A hunter from Louisiana, who shot a radio-collared lynx in Colorado, was fined ------.

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>$18000

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Sea Horses are especially popular in markets in traditional medicine in ------.

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China

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When re-introduced wolves kill livestock where they are re-introduced, the livestock owner is ------.

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paid fair market value for the loss

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Re-introductions of Canada Lynx in Colorado all took place on ------ land.

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National Forest

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Management of snow geese legally falls under the ------ Act of 1918.

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Migratory Bird Treaty

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Canada Lynx feed principally on ------.

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Snowshoe Hares

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Fishers (Martes pennati) have recently been re-introduced to the state of ------.

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Tennessee

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Sea horses commonly live over ------.

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beds of sea grass

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------: The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow spends the winter in Cuba.

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FALSE

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The ------ is the organization that has vehemently opposed Lynx re-introductions to Colorado.

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Farm Bureau

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Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows typically nest in ------.

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one meter tall saw grass

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Fishers are members of the ------ family.

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weasel

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Many sea horses are harvested by fishers from ------.

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the Philippines

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Sea Horses are actually ------.

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bony fish

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Moulton was able to buy some dried seahorses at a market in ------.

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Tarpon Springs

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The Dusky Seaside Sparrow that went extinct in Florida was a victim of ------.

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Development

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A favorite food of fishers in some areas is ------.

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porcupine

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A female snow goose can lose ------ of her body mass producing a single clutch.

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40.00%

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The fisher re-introductions were funded in part by ------.

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Duracell

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In a poll, ------ of Australians favored the killing of feral cats.

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75.00%

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------ is the non-governmental organization that pushed for and participated in the re-introduction of gray wolves to Idaho and Yellowstone National Park.

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Defenders of Wildlife

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When the USFWS increased the bag limit on snow geese, the ------ sued them to stop the increase.

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HSUS

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------ is the non-governmental organization that claims increased numbers of snow geese are destroying arctic vegetation.

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Ducks Unlimited

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"Egging", means the removal of eggs from snow goose nests will likely be ineffective in managing snow geese because ------.

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nests are far from any people

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There are an estimated ------ feral cats in Australia.

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12 million

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One concern regarding the harvest in Big Cypress NP was the amount of air boat damage to the habitat of Snail Kites and ------.

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Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows

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Piping plovers in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge were mostly preyed on by ------ gulls.

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Great Black-backed

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------: Piping Plovers are restricted to the east coast of the United States.

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FALSE

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------: Black Skimmers benefited from gull control at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

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TRUE

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A frog gig is basically a ------.

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multi-pronged spear

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According to the Miami Herald in 1996 people were killing ------ worth of frogs per night.

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$700.00

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As noted in lecture, there are ------ main foraging types (not species!) of gulls.

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2

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Wisconsin deer may have been infected with CWD by eating ------.

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Protein pellets

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In 1996, public outcry led to a ban on the harvest of ------ in Big Cypress National Preserve.

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frogs

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------: Before 1996, frog gigging for consumption by a person's family was legal in Big Cypress National Preserve.

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TRUE

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USFWS scientists wanted to kill certain gulls at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts because the gulls were ------.

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killing federally listed Piping Plovers

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CWD is caused by ------.

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Prions

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In April 1996 a ranger in Big Cypress found that 67 boats of frog leg catches weighed ------ lbs.

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4500

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The USFWS used ------ to kill gulls in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

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DRC-1339

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CWD was first seen in captive deer in ------.

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Colorado

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In Wisconsin, authorities plan to kill ------ deer in a circle with a 10 mile radius around a spot where 18 deer tested positive for CWD.

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25000

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------ is one of the species that benefited most from gull culling at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

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Common Terns

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People in Kentucky developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease like symptoms after eating ------ brains.

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Squirrel

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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is similar to ------ seen in England.

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Mad Cow Disease

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The frog most sought after in Big Cypress National Preserve was the ------ frog.

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pig

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CWD has been known to infect ------ as well as deer.

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Elk

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The ------ Gull is a common scavenging species of the Gulf Coast of Florida.

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Laughing

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White line disease is found in certain ------ in Florida.

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corals

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------ is an example of a wildlife classification scheme based on an international agreement.

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CITES

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The structurally simplest animals we discussed are the ------.

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sponges

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------ are extremely dangerous species found in the region of tropical Australia.

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Box Jellyfish

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Cannonball jellyfish are a good species for commercial harvest because they ------.

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have high reproductive rates

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Bleaching of coral reefs can be caused by ------.

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environmental stress

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------ is a cellular structure that is typical only of species in the kingdom Fungi.

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Cell wall of chitin

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Sponges once were, but no longer are, commercially harvested out of ------.

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Key West

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Red tides are caused by a species from the kingdom ------.

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protista

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Species in the kingdom ------ are characterized by having prokaryotic cells.

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Monera

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Red Tides toxins are produced by ------.

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Dinoflagellates

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------ are cells that trap tiny food particles as water flows through the body wall of sponges.

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Collar cells

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Coral reefs are formed by species in the phylum ------.

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Cnidaria

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Currently the market for US caught cannonball jellyfish exists especially in ------.

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Korea

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------: Plants are not listed by CITES.

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FALSE

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Intracellular digestion by amoebocytes is typical of ------.

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sponges

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Most of the species listed by CITES are categorized in Appendix ------.

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II

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Roughly ------ nations have signed the CITES agreement.

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164

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There are basically ------ kinds of red tides.

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3

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------: Red tides are not always characterized by a change in the water color.

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TRUE

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Cannonball jellyfish belong to the Phylum ------.

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cnidaria

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Which of the following is the correct sequence in going from smaller groups to larger? ------.

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Life ; Domain ; Kingdom ; Phylum ; Class ; Order ; Family ; Genus ; Species

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Most non-phylogenetic wildlife classification schemes are based on ------.

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distribution and abundance

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Which of the following is the correct sequence in groing from larger groups to smaller? ------.

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See below

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Today sponges are commercially harvested in Florida only out of ------.

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Tarpon Springs

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When ------ are low, some organisms that cause red tides revert to sexual reproduction.

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resources

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International trade in endangered species is monitored by ------.

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CITES

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According to MPM many wildlifers, if given a choice would study ------.

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CMVs

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Only species in the class ------ can be exempt of provisions in the Endangered Species Act.

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insecta

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Scallops are members of the phylum ------.

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Mollusca

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------: The Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly once occurred statewide in Florida.

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FALSE

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Creating stepping-stone habitat is a technique used by Dr. Tom Emmel to aid the ------.

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Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly

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The blastula is a ------.

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hollow ball of cells

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The MFC left the recreational scallop season open for 2 months because of ------.

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economic pressure

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After the scallops declined, the state (through the MFC) banned commercial harvest of scallops ------.

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statewide

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Scallops began to disappear in the region of the Gulf of Mexico ------.

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south of the Suwanee river

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The FWC lists ------ species of invertebrates as being threatened, or endangered.

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8

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Lobsters and shrimp are species in the phylum ------.

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Anthropoda

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Flatworms belong to the phylum ------.

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Platyhelminthes

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The solid ball of cells formed through cleavage is called a ------.

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morula

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A pseudocoelom is characteristic of the ------.

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nematodes

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The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly may avoid extinction in the wild because of a partnership between conservation scientists and a ------ association.

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golfing

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Members of the Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) have ------ secondary body cavity.

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no

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Before 1997 the scallop season ran for ------ months in Florida.

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9

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The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly survived because a few individuals were ------.

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none of these (not protected by the NPS, naturally large, or had mated with an introduced species)

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In deuterostomes the ------ froms from the blastopore.

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anus

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The blastopore becomes the mouth in the development of ------.

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protostomes

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------ is one of the three most represented phyla of invertebrates listed by FCREPA.

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Cnidaria

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The invertebrate phylum ------ has no species listed by the FWC.

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Porifera

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The ------ is an introduced species in North America that belongs to the phylum Mollusca.

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Zebra Mussel

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A true coelom is a secondary body cavity that is surrounded by ------.

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mesoderm and mesoderm

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By 1984 the Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly was reduced to a total of ------ individuals.

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70

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The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly is found only in ------.

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the Florida Keys

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Moulton believes that few invertebrate species are federally listed in Florida because invertebrates ------.

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have not been studied extensively

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Embyonic genes switch on during the ------ phase of development.

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gastrula

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The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly was nearly wiped out in 1992 because of ------.

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Hurricane Andrew

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When the Welland canal was deepened ------ invaded Lake Erie.

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lampreys

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Natives on the Yukon River harvest nemeryaq which are actually ------.

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lampreys

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The ------ are chordates that are sessile as adults and/but have a free-swimming larva.

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urochordata

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------: All lampreys are parasitic.

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FALSE

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TFM is a chemical once used to control ------.

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lampreys

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The parasitic sea lamprey is characterized by having ------.

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an oral disk

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All chordates have ------.

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dorsal hollow nerve cord

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------refers to the developmental change from juvenile to adult.

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Metamorphosis

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The phylum chordate is subdivided into ------ subphyla.

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3

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Fish that live in marine environments and ascend creeks and streams to breed are called ------.

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anadromous

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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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Some species of ------ are catadromous species.

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eels

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------ use slime production as a defense mechanism.

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Hagfish

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All chordates have ------.

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pharyngeal gill slits

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There are about ------ species of jawless vertebrates in the world today.

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70

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------: Lampreys are chiefly catadromous.

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FALSE

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When lampreys reached the upper Great Lakes the ------ fishery collapsed.

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Lake Trout

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Typically, invertebrates use their gills for ------.

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feeding

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Modern hagfishes are found only in ------ environments.

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marine

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The currently accepted theory among biologists on the evolution of the vertebrates is based on ------hyphothesis.

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Garstang's

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TFM may be replaced in the future by ------.

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Baylucide

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The Ostracoderms may have used the bone in their skin for ------.

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a mineral reservoir

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The sea squirts belong to the subphylum ------.

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urochordata

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Sea urchins belong to the phylum ------.

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Echinodermata

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The Ostracoderms may have used their bony skin for ------.

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protection

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Amphioxus is a typical member of the subphylum ------.

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cephalochordate

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------ is the phylum of marine, acorn worms.

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Hemichordata

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In the vertebrates the gills are internal and ------.

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connected to the digestive tube

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Among the vertebrates a prominent notochord is found in adult members of the class ------.

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Agnatha

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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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The ------ were the first vertebrates.

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ostracoderms

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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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In order for jaws to function properly an animal must be able to overcome ------, pitch, and yaw.

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roll

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According to Sea Web as many as 1.1 million pounds of marlin were discarded by the swordfish industry between 1995-1996.

answer

...

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Sharks are now commonly harvested for their ------, which is said to function as a cancer preventative.

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cartilage

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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 Patagonian Toothfish is officially listed as endangered.

answer

FALSE

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Any swordfish that are caught that are not large enough by established standards are ------.

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thrown overboard

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The US government recently closed more than 132,000 square miles of the Atlantic to commercial swordfishing because these areas are ------.

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swordfish nursery areas

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According to SUSA about ------ pounds of Swordfish are consumed by the US public each year.

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30 million

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The Placoderms are thought to have evolved from the ------.

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Ostracoderms

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The common carp is native to ------.

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Eurasia

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Swordfish USA (SUSA) claims there are roughly 17 million recreational fishers and ------ commercial swordfish boats in the North Atlantic.

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250

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One problem with harvesting sharks commercially is that they are ------.

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viviparous

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The "Give Swordfish a Break" campaign was run by Sea Web and ------

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Natural Resources Defense Council.

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When the US government closed more than 132,000 square miles to commercial swordfishing in the Atlantic, the sponsors of the 'Give Swordfish a Break' ------.

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formally ended the campaign

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Asian Carp may actually leap into boats because ------.

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outboard motors frighten them

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The ------ act of 1972 was enacted to protect dolphins from mortality due to fishing.

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Marine Mammal Protection

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In the film The Perfect Storm, the crew was fishing for ------.

answer

Atlantic Swordfish

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Grass Carp were introduced to the US to control ------.

answer

aquatic weeds

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There are actually ------ species of Patagonian Toothfish.

answer

two

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Jaws evolved from the ------.

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gill arches

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Swordfish are harvested commercially using ------.

answer

long lines

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Large scale commercial fishing for Patagonian Toothfish began in the ------.

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1990s

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In the 1970s Bighead and Silver Carp were introduced to the US to control ------.

answer

Mollusks and algae

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In 1997, ------ decided to lift the ban on imports of Mexican tuna.

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the US Senate

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Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on squid and ------ as adults.

answer

mackerel

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The fishing technique used to catch Patagonian Toothfish is said to have resulted in the deaths of numerous ------.

answer

sea birds

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------ is the group that manages Atlantic Swordfish.

answer

ICCAT

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According to Swordfish USA about 2/3 of the swordfish consumed in the US comes from the ------ Ocean.

answer

Pacific

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The US imports about ------ percent of all legally harvested Patagonian Toothfish.

answer

20

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In 1990, the US banned imports of ------ from Mexico because of dolphin mortality.

answer

tuna

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Pacific Ocean tuna were considered "Dolphin Safe" after ------ criteria were established.

answer

IATTC

question

The Patagonian Toothfish is harvested using ------.

answer

long lines

question

There are possibly ------ species of bony fishes.

answer

22000

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------ were an adaptation that enabled the jaws to work efficiently.

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Paired fins

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The ------ were the first jawed vertebrates.

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placoderms

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Icthyostega fossils are known from what is now ------.

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Greenland

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The now extinct gastric-brooding frog was known only from ------.

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Australia

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Chirping frogs were first seen in Hawaii in the ------.

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mid 1980s

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------ of the following is an example of a paedogenetic group of amphibian species.

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Amphiumas

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External fertilization is characteristic of the ------.

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frogs and toads

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The fossil amphibians and the lobe-finned fishes are linked by similarities in the ------.

answer

forelimb bone pattern

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Sexual coupling in species that have external fertilizatioin is called ------.

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amplexus

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The formation of a communal foam nest is seen in certain tree frogs in ------.

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Africa

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The presence of ------ is a juvenile characteristic retained by some paedogenetic species.

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external gills

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There were ------ recognizable evolutionary lines of fossil amphibians.

answer

3

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The fossil lineages of the amphibians are recognizable on the basis of the struction of the ------.

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vertebrae

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Both the frogs and the salamanders produce ------ eggs.

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anamniote

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------ is a characteristic shared by the amphibians and certain lobe-finned fishes.

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Labyrinthine infolded tooth enamel

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In Darwin's Frog of Chile, the young frogs develop in ------.

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father's vocal sac

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------ has not been suggested as a cause of deformities in frogs.

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Ozone

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------ refers to the facultative or environmentally determined form of paedomorphosis.

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Neoteny

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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 ------ is the sole surviving member of the lobe-finned fishes.

answer

Coelocanth

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In addition to being toxic bufotenine is also an ------.

answer

hallucinogen

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There are roughly ------ times as many frogs and toads as there are salamanders.

answer

8

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Paedomorphosis is a characteristic of certain ------.

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salamanders

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The Golden Toad which has recently decline precipitously is native to ------.

answer

Costa Rica

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------ are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs.

answer

Sirens

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When ------ aestivate they produce a mucous cocoon like the African lungfish.

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sirens

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Respiration occurs across a pharyngeal membrane in the ------.

answer

plethodontidae

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The Hedonic glands play an active role in ------.

answer

salamander courtship

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A species of lobe finned fish still occurs in ------.

answer

the Indian Ocean

question

------ are structures produced by male salamanders for reproductive purposes.

answer

Spermatophores

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Toads secrete a poison from the ------ glands on their heads.

answer

Parotoid

question

Deformed frogs were first seen in ------ in the 1990s.

answer

Minnesota

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The so-called poison arrow frogs are native to ------.

answer

Central and South America

question

External fertilization is seen in ------ salamanders.

answer

primitive

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Caecilians are characterized by having ------.

answer

internal fertilization

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Chirping frogs were introduced to Hawaii from ------.

answer

Puerto Rico

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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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A ban on commercial netting of fish within 3 miles of the atlantic coast and 9 miles of the Gulf coast of Florida was the result of a ________

answer

constitutional amendment

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according to a time magazine survey of 10007 adults ___% claimed to be vegetarians

answer

4

question

according to guither, animal advocates fall into ___ general groups

answer

2

question

according to Moulton, perhaps the best definition of habitat was advanced by _______

answer

caughley and sinclair

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according to moulton, the wildlife management view basically follows that of the _____

answer

animal reformists

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according to moulton, there are basically __ categories of wildlife issues

answer

2

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according to the pets in american project, an estimated ___% of American households had at least one pet

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61

question

an animal shelter worker in Michigan was fired for ______

answer

feeding puppies to a snake

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bear farms, where bears are kept for their bile, occur widely in _____

answer

china

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black skimmers are closely related to ______

answer

gulls and terns

question

california was the first state to have a _____

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wildlife commission

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CARA was passed by the _____ in the summer of 2001

answer

house of representatives

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compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing ______

answer

coyotes

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currently Mourning doves are hunted legally in __ states

answer

39

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for every $0.75 contributed by the Pittman-Robertson act, the state agency must contribue _____

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$0.25

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game species are those that are hunted ____

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for sport

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habitat may be defined in terms of ____

answer

any of these

question

hand puppets are used to feed baby whooping crane chicks _____

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so they do not become imprinted by humans

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Historically wildlife managers have focused on making ____ happy

answer

hunters

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historically most of the revenue generated for wildlife management has come from ____

answer

hunters

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in 19970, some Boy Scouts found 2 dozen dead _______ that were killed by exposure to thallium

answer

bald and golden eagles

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in 1996, six California condors were released in the state of ____

answer

arizona

question

in general, when it comes to resolving wildlife issues, the ____ is the most powerful force in America

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public

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in order for the public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first ____

answer

be concerned about the issue

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in south america swainson's hawks were killed after they ingested ____ poisoned by monocrotophos

answer

grasshoppers

question

---:it is really not important who decides what is actually scientific and what is psuedoscientific.

answer

false

question

in the early 20th century, wildlife released numerous nonindigenious species for hunting because _______

answer

native game species were so reduced by market hunters

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california condors vanished from the wild in california in about ____

answer

1987

question

in 2002 both houses of the US congress had bills before them that would ban ____

answer

canned hunts

question

in 1985-1986 the division called animal damage control was transferred to the US Department of ____

answer

agriculture

question

once the net ban was imposed in Florida, governor Lawton Chiles threatened to enfored it by _____

answer

calling out the National Guard

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during the campaign for the net ban the supporters of the ban accused the ___ of "nonfeasance"

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MFC

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game species may become non-game species _____

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when they become rare

question

following the passage of the net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use ___ to catch the fish

answer

tarps

question

in 1996 congress places the NBS under the ____

answer

USGS

question

Beaver and muskrats are classified as _____

answer

furbearers

question

in order to nest successfully, kirtland's warblers require ___ trees with a dense understory

answer

Jack pines

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----: bear baiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India

answer

TRUE

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Kirtland's warblers build their nests ________

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on the ground

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in order to protect mule deer on the kaibab plateu, 30 wolves and more than seven hundred mountain lions were killed and _____

answer

deer hunting was banned

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market hunters once sold _____ for a dime a dozen in New York meat markets

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a dime a dozen

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kirtlands warbler currently nests almost exclusively in the state of ____

answer

michigan

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california condor re-introductions were carried out by a partnership between the USFWS and the_____

answer

Peregrine Fund

question

management efforts on the kaibab plateu were aimed mostly at pleasing the ____

answer

public

question

Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that ____ was the cause of declines of forest bird populations on Guam

answer

brown tree snake predation

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CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding initiative called _____

answer

teaming with wildlife

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----: according to professor moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife

answer

TRUE

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Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that ???? was the cause of declines of forest bird populations on Guam

answer

Brown-tree Snake predation

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Recently, the National Park Service banned ???? in Denali Nation Park.

answer

Snow-mobiling

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The National Audubon Society of today is an offshoot of the ???? state Audubon society.

answer

Massachusetts

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T or F? Wildlife issues or other environmental issues should be resolved based on public opinion as the majority is never wrong.

answer

False

question

Following the passage of the net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use ???? to catch fish.

answer

tarps

question

Recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of Swainson's Hawks in ????

answer

Argentina

question

Management efforts on the Kaibab Plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing ????

answer

The public

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???? is the state with the largest number of wild burros

answer

Arizona

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When campaigning for a certain cause it is important to win whenever possible in order to ????

answer

Generate positive propaganda.

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The waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order ????

answer

Anseriformes

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T or F? Bearbaiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India.

answer

True

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??? was the Soviet geneticist who argued against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temperatures with no regard for natural cold tolerance.

answer

Vavilov

question

he original Biological Survey was under the Department of

answer

Agriculture

question

T or F? The proboating group in Florida is made up exclusively of boat owners

answer

False

question

According to Moulton there are basically ???? categories of wildlife issues

answer

2

question

T or F? Pittman Robertson money is only used legally for game species.

answer

False

question

In order for the public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first ????

answer

be concerned about the issue.

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Beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe in them.

answer

False

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????? is a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses.

answer

Washington

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When the use of Greater Sandhill Cranes as surrogate mothers failed as a conservation measure for Whooping Cranes, scientists turned to ????

answer

captive breeding.

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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 ????

answer

certain water birds.

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In the early 1900s, many people in the US supported the extermination of wolves in ???? National Park.

answer

Yellowstone

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???? is the state where a tax on soft drink cans was used to fund nongame wildlife research.

answer

Missouri

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In the 1990's snowmobiling was banned in Denali National Park by the ????

answer

National Park Service.

question

Propaganda is used in order to ????

answer

gain support from the masses.

question

Burros were introduced to the US in the ???? century

answer

17th

question

????? are just a state of mind.

answer

Beliefs

question

According to Guither, animal advocates fall into ???? general groups

answer

two

question

Most of the so called upland game birds belong to the order ????

answer

Galliformes.

question

ssues involving rare and endangered species generally fall under the US Department of ????

answer

Interior.

question

The ???? is an example of a non-game wading bird.

answer

green-backed heron

question

???? was a popular English pastime that was outlawed by the Parliament in 1582.

answer

Bearbaiting

question

In 1985 to1986 the division called Animal Damage Control was transferred to the US Department of ????

answer

Agriculture.

question

Game species may become non game species???

answer

when they become rare.

question

???? is not considered a wildlife management practice.

answer

Rain

question

Beaver and muskrats are classified as ????

answer

furbearers.

question

In 1994 the Florida DEP became concerned about the high number of deaths of ????

answer

manatees.

question

???? are hallmarks of propaganda.

answer

Beau Geste Effect, Oversimplification, and Fearmongering

question

???? is not a method used by states for funding non game wildlife conservation and research.

answer

The penny a pound crop tax

question

One proposed way to kill nonindigenous Mute Swans is to pour ???? on the eggs.

answer

bleach

question

According tot eh St. Petersburg Times, by the summer of 2000, manatee protection plans (MPPs) had been filed by ???? of the 13 countries that were ordered to file them in 1989.

answer

4

question

???? has a name that is itself propaganda.

answer

Wise Use

question

Punt guns were commonly used for commercially harvesting ????

answer

waterfowl.

question

In 2002 ???? reversed the decision to ban recreational snow mobiling in National Parks.

answer

Bush

question

According to Moulton the Wildlife Management view basically follows that of the ????

answer

Animal Reformists.

question

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to kill introduced Mute Swans as they are thought to threaten native ????

answer

Trumpeter Swans.

question

The majority of vertebrate species in Florida and Colorado are properly classified as ???? species.

answer

non game

question

California Condors vanished from the wild in California in about ????

answer

1987.

question

Game Species are those that are hunted ????

answer

for sport.

question

According to a Time Magazine survey of 10007 adults, ???? claimed to be vegetarians.

answer

4%

question

In the late nineteenth century, the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy spent most of its effort on ????

answer

predator control.

question

In 1996, six California Condors were released in the state of ????

answer

Arizona.

question

Australians use the "Judas" technique to manage populations of ????

answer

donkeys.

question

Kirtland's Warblers build their nests ????

answer

on the ground.

question

T or F? As defined by Moulton, wildlife management practices are always intentional.

answer

False:

question

T or F? According to Moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife.

answer

True:

question

T or F? Pittman Robertson money is never used legally for habitat management.

answer

False:

question

The whole motivation for protecting wild horses and burros began when the state of ???? suggested that hunters should shoot horses and burros for sport.

answer

California

question

In 2002 both houses of the US congress had bills before them that would ban ????

answer

Canned hunts.

question

The US Forest Service is an agency under the Department of ????

answer

Agriculture.

question

When two sides differ greatly in how much power they have, issues are resolved with ????

answer

little compromise.

question

In the year 2000, wild burros occurred in ???? western states.

answer

5

question

???? is the first step in the scientific method.

answer

Observation

question

Public lands grazers in the western states are no longer as powerful as they once were, because of ????

answer

increased public awareness.

question

Bear farms, where bears are kept for their bile, occur widely in ????

answer

China.

question

Scientists are presently reintroducing whooping cranes to ????

answer

Florida.

question

The so called Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 is also known as the ???? Act

answer

Pittman Robertson

question

Hand puppets are used to feed baby Whooping Crane chicks ????

answer

so they do not become imprinted on humans.

question

The Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt told people in New Mexico that ???? were "here to stay" even though someone had shot some of the introduced individuals.

answer

Mexican Wolves

question

Boating rights advocates in Florida claim that increased manatee deaths must mean ????

answer

that there are plenty of manatees, so it doesn't matter.

question

The use of surrogate mothers was an unsuccessful management practice used in the recover of the ????

answer

Whooping Crane.

question

???? is the animal rights group that opposes any use of animals by humans.

answer

PeTA

question

???? was not one of the explanations advanced by Jenkins to explain declines of Guam's forest birds.

answer

Global Warming

question

Rhode Island was the first state to close the hunting season on ????

answer

white tailed deer.

question

The Mute Swan population in Massachusetts is derived from individuals introduced from ????

answer

Europe.

question

The Wildlife Unification Amendment merged the GFC with the ????

answer

MFC.

question

???? is the most widely used type of non toxic shotgun shell shot according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

answer

Steel

question

President ???? called for a ban on all recreational snow mobiling in all National Parks.

answer

Clinton

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The Bison were saved by a coalition of nature lovers and ????

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sport hunters.

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The Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protect and manage horses and burros ????

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on public rangelands.

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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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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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In order to protect Mule Deer on the Kaibab Plateau, 300 wolves and more than seven hundred mountain lions were killed, and ????

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deer hunting was banned.

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???? is the animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1080.

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Animal Protection Institute

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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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In practice, ???? may determine wildlife management practices.

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Animal Protection Institute

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T or F? In most issues the majority of people have a strong opinion.

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False:

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???? National Park was the first national park in the US.

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Yellowstone

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Economically well developed nations are called ????

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MDCs.

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The Pittman Robertson Act levied a 10% tax on ????

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firearms and ammunition.

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Once the net ban was imposed in Florida, governor Lawton Chiles threatened to enforce it by ????

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calling out the National Guard.

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Historically wildlife managers have focused on making ???? happy.

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hunters

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The situation where individuals in a group try to bluff those in another group into thinking they have superior numbers is called a ???? effect.

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Beau Geste

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Black Skimmers are closely related to the ????

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gulls and terns.

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The Humane Society for the US is ????

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Anti hunting.

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Wildlife management practices that favor one species ????

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may harm another.

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???? were sea birds related to Puffins.

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Great Auks

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The so called ???? in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare.

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Reformists

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The ???? is a brood parasite that attacks the nests of Kirtland's Warbler.

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Brown headed Cowbird

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In general, when it comes to resolving wildlife issues, the ???? is the most powerful force in America.

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public

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Historically, most of the revenue generated for wildlife management has come from ????

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hunters.

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Habitat may be defined in terms of ????

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dominant vegetation, soil, and species of interest.

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The main product that forms from the bile of bears is ????

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UDCA.

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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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When population sizes are not changing they are at ????

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equilibrium.

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Following passage of the Clean Water Act in the early 1970s, several species of water birds have returned to ????

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New York Harbor.

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The FWC was officially formed by the ????

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Wildlife Unification amendment.

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Species in the ???? group are not considered game birds.

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Passeriformes

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T or F? Propaganda does not necessarily involve the use of lies.

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True:

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During the campaign for the net ban the supporters of the ban accused the ???? of "nonfeasance".

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MFC

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According to Moulton perhaps the best definition of habitat was advanced by ????

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Caughley & Sinclair.

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Currently Mourning Doves are hunted legally in ???? states.

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39

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The USFWS was formed by combining the Bureau of Biological Survey with the ????

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Bureau of Fisheries.

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The Endangered Species Act was passed in ????

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1973.

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Some citizens of the state of ???? sued to halt the season on Mourning Doves in 2001.

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Wisconsin

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T or F? The waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed.

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True:

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The ???? Act, enacted in 1913 focused on migratory waterfowl management.

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Weeks-McLean

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???? was the poison used in Colorado to kill bears.

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Thallium

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The Kirtland's Warblers winter in ????

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the Bahamas.

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In the early part of the twentieth century, wildlifers released numerous non indigenous species for hunting because ????

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native game species were so reduced by market hunters.

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Under the reign of William the Conqueror, the penalty for killing one of the King's deer was ????

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blinding.

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The ???? formed as an offshoot of an anti hunting group in England.

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ALF

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T or F? It is really not important who decides what is actually scientific and what is pseudoscientific.

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False:

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In order to nest successfully, Kirtland's Warblers require ???? trees with a dense understory.

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jack pine

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The legislation known as CARA would provide funds for wildlife research and conservation from revenues generated by oil and gas reserves ????

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on the outer continental shelf.

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One reason propaganda is so effective is that it is ????

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easy to believe.

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Science is presumably based ????% on facts.

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100%

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CARA was passed by ???? in the summer of 2001.

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House of Representatives

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???? forest in the Pacific northwest is needed to protect populations of Northern Spotted Owls.

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Old Growth

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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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CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding the initiative called ????

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Teaming with Wildlife.

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In South America Swainson's Hawks were killed after they ingested ???? poisoned by monocrotophos.

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grasshoppers

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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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The largest number of wild horses occurs in the state of ????

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Nevada.

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A ban on commercial netting of fish within 3 miles of the Atlantic coast and 9 miles of the Gulf coast of Florida was the result of ????

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a constitutional amendment.

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In arguing issues, any statements that are made must be ????

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none of these (supported by hard data, absolutely true, approved by appropriate agencies even if untrue).

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Compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing ????

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coyotes.

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In 1996 Congress places the NBS under the ????

answer

USGS.

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T or F? Sometimes the absence of human intervention can be considered a wildlife management practice.

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True:

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In 1970, some Boy Scouts found 2 dozen dead ???? that were killed by exposure to thallium.

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bald and golden eagles

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BLM is an agency under the US Department of ????

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Interior.

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Kirtland's Warbler currently nests almost exclusively in the state of ????

answer

Michigan.

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Each year wild horses and burros are removed from the wild and ????

answer

put up for adoption.

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Americans supported the reintroduction of ???? to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s.

answer

wolves

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According to the Pets in America Project an estimated ???? of American households had at least one pet.

answer

61%

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The "Theory of Acquired Characteristics" was first advanced by ????

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Lamarck.

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The ???? is an agency under the Department of Interior.

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FWS

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T or F? Public input is very important in LDCs.

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False:

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???? was the Soviet geneticist who argued that cold tolerant wheat could be raised simply by exposing randomly chosen wheat seeds to low temperatures.

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Lysenko

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One native species that has been negatively impacted by wild burros is the????

answer

desert bighorn.

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The ???? Act was the law that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from Florida by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally.

answer

Lacey

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Ring necked Pheasants were introduced to the US from ????

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Asia.

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???? was the first state to have paid game wardens.

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Maine

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Wild horses and burros are managed by the ????

answer

BLM.

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???? were the most vigorous supporters of the net ban campaign in Florida.

answer

Recreational fishers

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The Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was established in ????

answer

1885.

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The first Ring necked Pheasant introductions into the US were made to the state of ????

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Oregon.

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The original Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was later renamed the ????

answer

Bureau of Biological Survey.

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An animal shelter worker in Michigan was fired for????

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feeding puppies to a snake.

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Market hunters once sold ???? for a dime a dozen in New York meat markets.

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Passenger Pigeons

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The Great Auk was a seabird that was exterminated in part by ????

answer

human harvest of their eggs.

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The NBS was renamed the ???? in 1996.

answer

BRD

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California Condor reintroductions were carried out by a partnership between the USFWS and the ????

answer

Peregrine Fund.

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Some of the California Condors released in the 1990s were later killed by ????

answer

lead poisoning.

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In the summer of 2002 there were sever forest fires in ????, which could not have been the result of US Forest Service practices.

answer

China

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Management practices that aided the brown headed cowbird are associated with the decline of ????

answer

Wood Thrush.

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California was the first state to have ????

answer

a wildlife commission.

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The use of poisons for predator control was banned on all federal lands by ????

answer

President Nixon.

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Issues involving species of wildlife that have come pests are generally under the Department of ????

answer

Agriculture.

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Wild Horses presently occur in ???? western states.

answer

10

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In the late 1800s wading birds in Florida (mostly egrets) were being killed for ????

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the fashion industry.

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The main problem with the various mechanisms for funding non game wildlife research that are in place today is that they are ????

answer

unpredictable.

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_____ is a typical member of the subphylum Cephalochorodata.

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Amphioxus

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Amphioxus is a typical member of the subphylum _____.

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Cephalochorodata

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The _____ were the first vertebrates.

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ostracoderms

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evolution

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The currently accepted theory among biologists on the _______ of the vertebrates is based on Garstang hypothesis.

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The Ostracoderms were the 1st _____.

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vertibrates

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The currently accepted theory among biologists on the evolution of the vertebrates is based on_______ hypothesis.

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garstang

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______ use slime production as a defense mechanism.

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hagfish

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The __________ are chordates that are sessile as adults and/but have a free-swimming larva.

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unochordata;free-swimming larva

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Hagfish use ________ as a defense mechanism.

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slime production

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The Unochordata are chordates that are sessile as adults and/but have a __________.

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unochordata;free-swimming larva

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Lampreys are chiefly catadromous. True or False

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FALSE

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Sea urchins belong to the phylum _______

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echinodermata

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_______ belong to the phylum Echinodermata

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Sea urchins

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Some species of eels are _______ species.

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catadromous

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All Lampreys are parasitic. True or False

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FALSE

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eels

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Some species of _____ are catadromous species.

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Modern _____s are found only in marine environments.

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hagfish

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All _____ have dorsal hollow nerve chord.

answer

chodates

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hemichordata

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_____ is the phylum of marine acorn worms.

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All chordates have _____.

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pharyngeal gill slits

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Among the vertebrates a prominent _____ is found in adult members of the class Agnatha.

answer

notocord

question

sea lamprey

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The parasitic _____ has an oral disk.

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In the _____, the _____ are internal and connected to the digestive tube.

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vertibrates;gills

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When lampreys reached the upper great lakes the _____ collapsed.

answer

Lake Trout Fishery

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amphioxus

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Scientists once thought (incorrectly) that _____ was a larval lamprey that underwent paedomorphosis.

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Typically, _____ use their gills for feeding.

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invertibrates

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unochordata

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The sea squirts belong to the subphylum _____.

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70

answer

There are about _____ species of jawless vertebrates in the world today.

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FALSE

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The 4 chordate characteristics are all visible in adults of all chordate species. True or False

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metamorphosis

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_____ refers to the developmental change from juvenile to adult.

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3

answer

The phylum chordate is subdivided into _____ subphyla.

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nemeryag

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Natives on the Yukon River harvest _____ which are actually lampreys.

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TFM

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_____ is a chemical once used to control lampreys.

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baylucide

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TFM may be replaced in the future by _____.

question

anadromous

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Fish that live in marine environments and ascend creeks and streams to breed are called _____.

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protection

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The Ostracoderms may have used their bony skin for _____.

question

Welland Canal

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When the _____ was deepened lampreys invaded Lake Erie.

question

2/3

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According to Swordfish USA, about _____ of the swordfish consumed in the US comes from the Pacific Ocean.

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Pacific Ocean

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According to Swordfish USA, about 2/3 of the swordfish consumed in the US comes from the _____.

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Asian Carp

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To protect Lake Michigan from possible invasion by _____, fishery managers put up electrical barrier.

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electrical barrier

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To protect Lake Michigan from possible invasion by Asian carp, fishery managers put up _____.

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jaws

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Paired fins were an adaptation that enabled the _____ to work efficiently.

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22,000

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There are possibly _____ species of bony fish.

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Atlantic Swordfish

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In the film, The Perfect Storm, the crew was fishing for _____.

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Patagonian Toothfish

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The _____ is harvested using long lines.

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20%

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The US imports about _____ of all the legally harvested Patagonian Toothfish.

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1990's

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Large scale commercial fishing for Patagonian Toothfish began in the _____.

question

dolphins

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The Marine Mammal Protection act of 1972 was enacted to protect _____ from mortality due to fishing.

question

placoderms

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The _____ were the first jawed vertebrates.

question

recreational fishers

answer

Swordfish USA (SUSA) claims there are roughly 17 million _____ in the North Atlantic.

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commercial sword fish boats

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Swordfish USA (SUSA) claims there are roughly 250 _____ in the North Atlantic.

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Ostracoderms

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The placoderms are thought to have evolved from the _____.

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"Give Swordfish A Break"

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When the US government closed more than 132,000 miles to commercial sword fishing in the Atlantic, the sponsors of the _____ formally ended the campaign.

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1.1 million pounds

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According to Sea Web, as many as _____ of Marlin were discarded by the swordfish industry between 1995 and 1996.

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Sharks

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_____ are now commonly harvested for their cartilage, which is said to function as a cancer preventative.

question

Asian Carp

answer

_____ may actually leap into boats because outboard motors frighten them.

question

patagonian toothfish

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The _____ is managed by a group of 24 nations that make up the CCAMLR.

question

Sea web and Natiral Resources Defense Counsel

answer

The "Give Swordfish A Break" campaign was run by _____.

question

long lines

answer

Swordfish are harvested commercially using _____.

question

viviparous

answer

One problem with harvesting sharks commercially is that they are _____.

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2

answer

There (is) are actually _____ species of Patagonian Toothfish.

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thrown

answer

Any swordfish that are caught that are not large enough by established standards are _____ overboard.

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squid and mackerel

answer

Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on _____ as adults.

question

adults

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Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on squid and mackerel as _____.

question

swordfish nurseryareas

answer

The US government recently closed more than 132,000 square miles of the Atlantic to commercial sword fishing because these areas are _____.

question

Eurasia

answer

The common carp is native to _____.

question

"Dolphin Safe"

answer

Pacific Ocean tuna were considered _____ after IATTC criteria were established.

question

Atlantic Swordfish

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ICCAT is the group that manages _____.

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1997

answer

In _____7, the U.S. Senate decided to lift the ban on imports of Mexican tuna.

question

Mexican tuna

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In 1997, the U.S. Senate decided to lift the ban on imports of _____.

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False

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The Patagonian Toothfish is officially listed as endangered. True or False

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Grass carp

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_____ were introduced to the US to control aquatic weeds.

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aquatic weeds

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Grass carp were introduced to the US to control _____.

question

dolphin mortality

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In 1990, the US banned imports of tuna from Mexico because of _____.

question

Mexico

answer

In 1990, the US banned imports of tuna from _____ because of dolphin mortality.

question

sea birds

answer

The fishing technique used to catch Patagonian Tootfish is said to have resulted in the deaths of numerous _____.

question

roll, pitch and yaw

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In order for jaws to function properly, an animal must be able to overcome _____.

question

Jaws

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_____evolved from the gill arches.

question

Eleutherodactylus

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The genus _____, a genus of chirping frogs, has 100 species scattered over the West Indies.

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1980's

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Chirping frogs were 1st seen in Hawaii in the mid _____.

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Hawaii

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Chirping frogs were 1st seen in _____ in the mid 1980's.

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fertilization

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External _____ is seen in primitive salamanders.

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Puerto Rico

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Chirping frogs were introduced to Hawaii from _____.

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Hawaii

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Chirping frogs were introduced to _____ from Puerto Rico.

question

aestivate

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When sirens _____, they produce a mucous cocoon like the African lungfish.

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mucous cocoon

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When sirens aestivate, they produce a _____ like the African lungfish.

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African lungfish

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When sirens aestivate, they produce a mucous cocoon like the _____.

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no hind legs

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Sirens are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but _____.

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Sirens

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_____ are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs.

question

primitive salamanders

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Sirens are _____ that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs.

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Australia

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The now extinct gastric-brooding frog was known only from _____.

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courtship

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The Hedonic glands play an active role in salamander _____.

question

salamanders

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Paedomorphosis is a characteristic of certain _____.

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Africa

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The formation of a communal foam nest is seen in certain tree frogs in _____.

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tree frogs

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The formation of a communal foam nest is seen in certain _____ in Africa.

question

deformities

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Ozone has not been suggested as a cause of _____ in frogs.

question

fertilization

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Caecilians are characterized by having internal _____.

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Caecilians

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_____ are characterized by having internal fertilization.

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Frog of Chile

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In Darwin's _____, the young frogs develop in father's vocal sac.

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forelimb bone pattern

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The fossil amphibians and the lobe-finned fishes are linked by similarities in the _____.

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vertebrate

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The fossil lineages of the amphibians are recognizable on the basis of the structure of _____.

question

hallucinogen

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In addition to being toxic, bufotenine is also a(an) _____.

question

Indian Ocean

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A species of lobed-finned fish still occurs in the _____.

question

pharyngeal membrane

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Respiration occurs across a _____ in the plethodontidae.

question

plethodontidae

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Respiration occurs across a pharyngeal membrane in the _____.

question

coelacanth

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The _____ is the sole surviving member of the lobe-finned fish.

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lobe-finned

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The coelacanth is the sole surviving member of the _____.

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3

answer

There were _____ recognizable evolutionary lines of fossil amphibians.

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Sexual coupling

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_____ in a species that have external fertilization is called amplexus.

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Spermatophores

answer

_____ are structures produced by male salamanders for reproductive purposes.

question

dorsal hollow nerve chord

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all chordates have _______

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mollusks and algae

answer

In the 1970s Bighead and Silver Carp were introduced to the US to control

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According to SUSA about _____ pounds of Swordfish are consumed by the US public each year

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30 million

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Italian artists and humanists condemned art of the middle ages as __

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distortions of the noble art of the Greeks and the Romans

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Cimabue often combined elements of ______________ in his work

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traditional medieval art with a new sense of naturalism

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Fresco paintings were vulnerable to moisture and mildew.

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True

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The Dukes of Burgundy understood that artworks could ________

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support their dynastic and political goals

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The _________ were the first artists to use oil paints on a widespread basis

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Flemish

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A method of presenting an illustion of three-dimensions on a 2-dimensional surface is known as Linear Perspective

answer

True

question

This work, entitled "Sacrifice of Isaac" by the artist Ghiberti is inspired by Gothic examples of anatomical studies

answer

False

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The Medici family was an organization that answered to the church.

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False

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Nicola Pisano's Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds are influenced by_______________

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Roman compositions found on sarcophagi or stone

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Artists like Cimabue often challenged conventions and pursued ______________ in their work

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a new naturalism

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Giotto insistence on careful observation contributed to ________________

answer

the foundation of empirical science

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Tempera paint is made with egg yolk

answer

True

question

"The Merode Altarpiece" illustrates the integration of secular and religious concerns that were so common in Northern Europe

answer

True

question

The central theme of Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece" is reinforced by things such as _____________________

answer

the inclusion of the sacrificial lamb

question

What became one of the chief characteristics of 15th-century Flemish art?

answer

An attention to detail

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The image of the dog in this work symbolizes__________

answer

fidelity and supports an overall theme that conveys the holiness of matrimony

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The Medici used their wealth and power to________________

answer

commission renaissance art and architecture on a scale rarely seen

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The emphasis on anatomy and the emulation of classical antique in this work illustrate the influence of humanism.

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True

question

Italian city states could function independent from each other

answer

True

question

In the 14th century the creation of a vernacular language made more information and knowledge available to a larger group of citizens than ever before

answer

True

question

One aspect of Humanism was_____

answer

A focus on education and human achievement

question

One of the advantages of Fresco style paintings was_______

answer

Durability

question

Giotto emphasized the focal point in this work by___

answer

His arrangement of the human figures

question

Artists would usually not start a painting until they received_______

answer

A concrete contract

question

Safety and prosperity to all who lived under the rule of law was the main theme of this fresco

answer

True

question

The Florence Cathedral can be seen as a monument to civic pride as well as a sign of ________

answer

Rivalries and competiveness between Florence and other city states

question

A contributing factor to political and economic change in 15th century Northern Europe was______

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The creation of the first international stock exchange in Antwerp

question

Northern Europe's power during the first three-quarters of the 15th century came from economic decline and foreign occupation

answer

False

question

Greater detail and richer color are two characteristics of_______

answer

Oil Paint

question

The two main methods of printmaking were intaglio and relief prints

answer

True

question

This page is a from a book that reveals the Flemish integration of______

answer

Both secular and religious lifestyles

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Prints, such as relief and intaglio, were advantageous when compared to paintings and drawings because_______

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They were cheap to mass produce and could be sold at lower prices

question

The late medieval period can defined by the term_________

answer

Byzantine

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Renaissance scholars defined ancient Rome and Greece societies as__________

answer

The classical world

question

Italian humanists saw medieval art as Gothic distortions of Greek and Roman art

answer

True

question

Byzantine immigrants to Italy in the early 13th century_________

answer

Heavily influenced Italian artwork

question

Aerial perspective can be described as an "optical phenomenon or effect" while Linear perspective is used to portray__________

answer

A realistic sense of three dimensions in a two dimensional piece of artwork

question

In this work Ghiberti used techniques like linear and aerial perspective, techniques that were not normally used by sculptors.

answer

True

question

Techniques such as controposto and the emphasis on the figure's anatomy______

answer

Strongly suggest the influence of humanism

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Pollaiullo showcased his knowledge of anatomy by creating images that often showed or depicted_________

answer

Violent action

question

Botticelli's style often paralleled the style of Renaissance love poetry

answer

True

question

Why did Italians expect their artists to be trained just like any other profession?

answer

Because they saw art as a trade

question

One of the major advantages of the Fresco techniques ______

answer

was its durablility and longevity

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The process of creating realistic space by approximating the appearance of things growing smaller and closer together in the distance is known as _______

answer

Intuitive Perspective

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Humanism can be defined as _______________

answer

Embodying a world view that focused on human beings.

question

An organization of like minded craftsmen best describes the ___________

answer

Guilds

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Painting color into wet plaster describes the technique known as fresco

answer

True

question

A fresco painting's main weakness was a susceptibility to humidity and mildew

answer

True

question

Art patrons often commissioned artworks as a symbol of their own piety, wealth and social status

answer

True

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