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WIS2040 Exercise 2 – Flashcards

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The four chordate characteristics are all visible in the adults of all chordate species

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False

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Bear-baiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India

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True

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When lampreys reached the upper Great Lakes the _______ fishery collapsed

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Lake Trout

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

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donkeys

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The original Biological Survey was under the Department of __________

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Agriculture

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The phylum chordata is subdivided into . . . subphyla

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

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Lamprey

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Compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing

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Coyotes

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The __________ is the sole surviving member of the lobe-finned fishes

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Coelocanth

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In the late nineteenth century (1885-1900), the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy spent most of its effort on

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Predator control

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Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on squid and _______ as adults

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Mackerel

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

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100

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The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protext and manage horses and burros

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On public rangelands

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The __________ were the first vertebrates

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Ostracoderms

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External fertilization is seen in __________ salamanders

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Primitive

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Some species of ___________ are catadromous species

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Eels

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Modern hagfishes are found only in ________ environments

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Marine

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Game species are those that are hunted ...

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For sport

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The US Forest Service is an agency under the Department of

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Agriculture

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Wild Horses presently occur in ________ western states

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The Patagonian Toothfish is officially listed as endangered

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False

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There are possibly __________ species of bony fishes

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22,000

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

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White-Tailed Deer

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In most issues, the majority of people have a strong opinion

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False

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To protect Lake Michigan from possible invasion by Asian Carp, fishery managers ________

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Put up an electrical barrier

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

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Nixon

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Which of the following would not be considered a wildlife management practice?

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Rain

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The Patagonian Toothfish is managed by a group of 24 nations that make up the

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CCAMLR

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

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Bureau of Biological Survey

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The net ban campaign relied heavily on the use of ________

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Photographs of dead wildlife

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CARA was passed by ________ in the summer of 2001

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House of Representatives

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

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Tuna

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____________ refers to the facultative or environmentally determined form of paedomorphosis

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Neoteny

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

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wood thrush

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

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Sirens

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Of the following, ________ is not considered a component of habitat according to the traditional wildlife definition of habitat

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Potential competitors

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

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UDCA

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Americans supported the re-introduction of ____________ to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s

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Wolves

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In 1994, the _______ imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in Florida

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GFC

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In 1996 Congress placed the NBS under the

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USGS

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Propoganda is used in order to _______

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Gain support from the masses

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According to ____________ the majority of people in the US favor the reintroduction of the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park

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Defenders of Wildlife

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

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Bobwhite

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Large scale commercial fishing for Patagonian Toothfish began in the

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1990s

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For every $0.75 contributed by the Pittman-Robertson Act, the state agency must contribute

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$0.25

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The common carp is native to ________

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Eurasia

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All lampreys are parasitic

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False

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

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Steel

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The so-called ____________ in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare

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Reformists

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The passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of mummichog to New York Harbor which benefited ______

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Certain water birds

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