NC Envirothon Wildlife Practice 1 Question Preview (ID: 36430)


Habitat Fragmentation, Habitat Variation, Buffer Strips, Game And Non-game Species, 5 Requirements Of Habitat, Amphibians, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What is the difference between game and non-game species?
a) game species may be hunted and trapped where non-game are not
b) non-game species are not good at monopoly
c) game species are awesome at monopoly
d) game species may not be hunted or trapped while non-game can

Which describes a characteristic of a beneficial insect?
a) feeds on crops
b) pollinates crops
c) creates habitat for other insects
d) serves as a food source for other organisms

Which best describes how prescribed burning is used to maintain an ecosystem?
a) Fire is used to get rid of invasive species.
b) Fire is used to keep forests healthy and provide wildlife habitats.
c) Fire is used to promote thick bark needed for habitat.
d) Fire is used to promote conifers to release seeds that are a food source in forest ecosystems.

Which are methods of Integrated Pest Management?
a) prescribed burns
b) creating riprarian buffer
c) traps, screens, barriers, fences, nets, radiation
d) using pesticides

What are the 5 basic needs a habitat must include?
a) warmth, water, air, soil, space
b) food, water, warmth, space, shelter
c) food, water, shelter, space, arrangement
d) arrangement, shelter, air, water, food

Which describes the difference between hard mast and soft mast?
a) hard mast-fruits or nuts soft mast-fruits and berries
b) hard mast-nuts and berries soft mast-fruits
c) hard mast- fruits soft mast-nuts and berries
d) hard mast- fruits, shoots, twigs soft mast-leaves, flowers, fruits

What is the term used to describe when animals use different layers of a habitat to avoid excessive competition?
a) commensalism
b) mutualism
c) stratification
d) symbiosis

Which describes the difference between mimicry and camouflage?
a) Mimicry-coloring blends in with environment Camouflage-looks like poisonous animal
b) Camouflage-animals wear camo Mimcry-animals mimic each others calls
c) Mimicry- animals look like poisonous Camouflage-coloring blends in with the environment
d) Camouflage- animals taste poisonous Mimicry- animals look poisonous

Land bridges have been created over highways in some countries to allow safe crossing for animals. What could these be called?
a) ecotones
b) riprarian buffers
c) corridors
d) buffer strips

What does the term wildlife include?
a) all free, undomesticated species of living organisms in an ecosystem.
b) all free, domesticated species of living organisms that interact with the abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
c) all free species of living organisms that interact with the abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
d) all free, undomesticated species of living organisms that interact with the abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

Which correctly matches an organism with their classification of movement?
a) appalachian cottontail rabbits are plantigrade
b) manatees are unguligrade
c) moles are arboreal
d) squirrels are fossorial

Which identifies a crepuscular animal?
a) Neuse River Waterdog
b) Turkey Vulture
c) Appalachian Cottontail Rabbit
d) Barred Owl

Which pair correctly identifies a class of mammals with an example?
a) monotremes-platypus
b) placental-opossum
c) marsupial-squirrel
d) hairy-snake

Which describes counter shading?
a) Dolphins are lighter on the bottom and darker at the top to blend in with their surroundings and hide from predators and prey
b) Turtles are darker on the bottom and lighter on the top to blend in with their surroundings and hide from predators and prey
c) The speckling color of pepper moths allows them to blend in with their surroundings and hide from predators.
d) The coloration of corn snakes allows them to blend in with corn so farmers do not find and kill them.

Which organisms listed are specialists in NC?
a) red eft, lichen, foxes, red cockaded woodpecker
b) red cockaded woodpecker, hellbender, neuse river waterdog, bog turtle
c) squirrels, foxes, coyotes, rats
d) red spotted newt, red eft, warblers, thrushes

Which organism in the food chain would be most affected by biomagnification? plankton-alewife-trout-bald eagle
a) plankton
b) alewife
c) trout
d) bald eagle

Which reproductive strategy do turtles and birds share?
a) viviparous
b) ovoviviparous
c) oviparous
d) eggoviviovoparous in a pear tree!

Which describes and identifies an organism in need of habitat fragmentation?
a) Habitat variation is when organisms require different habitats for different life stages- red spotted newt
b) Habitat variation is when organisms require specific habitats such as the red-cockaded woodpecker.
c) Habitat variation is when organisms can live in almost any habitat in close proximity to humans such as raccoons.
d) Habitat variation is when an organisms moves from one habitat to another during the day like the bog turtle.

Which of these is a cause of habitat fragmentation?
a) draining marshes and swamps
b) planting trees
c) creating land bridges for wildlife
d) creating habitat from farmland

Which piece of legislation was created for the management of wildlife?
a) The Endangered Species Act
b) The Endangered Species Preservation Act
c) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
d) The Wildlife Management Conservation Act

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