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The Limpkin is listed as a(n) ____ species by the state of Florida. - ️️SSC not dependent on water for reproduction - ️️Perhaps the main reason the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that they were ___. Since the 1930's, wading bird ___ have declined by 95% in the Everglades...

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WIS2040 Exam 2
The Limpkin is listed as a(n) ____ species by the state of Florida. - ✔️✔️SSC

not dependent on water for reproduction - ✔️✔️Perhaps the main reason the reptiles
were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that they were ___.

Since the 1930's, wading bird ___ have declined by 95% in the Everglades National
Park. - ✔️✔️nesting attempts

The so-called Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on ____. - ✔️✔️apple snails

Archaeopteryx fossils date back to the ___ period in Bavaria. - ✔️✔️Jurassic

The ___ is the only marsupial native to North America. - ✔️✔️Opposum

The FWC divided the state into ___ management zones. - ✔️✔️3

The ___ is actually a second or third generation hybrid. - ✔️✔️Lawrence's Warbler

The ___ is perhaps the most abundant game bird in Michigan today. - ✔️✔️ring-
necked pheasant


snakes - ✔️✔️Over-collecting is a danger for populations of certain ___ in the
southwest US.

Asia - ✔️✔️Common Mynas are indigenous to ___.

construction of deep water wharves - ✔️✔️Ian Atkinson of New Zealand showed that
native Hawaiian forest birds suffered many extinctions following ___.

cypress - ✔️✔️The ___ is the dominant tree in many of Florida's freshwater swamps.

warm-water refuge - ✔️✔️Florida's springs are important places for manatees in the
winter because the springs provide ___.

sounds - ✔️✔️In dense habitats like forests, birds are more likely to communicate
using

true - ✔️✔️The majority of young leopards that reach the age of independence die of
starvation

,seize and swallow - ✔️✔️The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the
___ foraging mode.

for food - ✔️✔️Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed ____.

insects - ✔️✔️Most lizards feed on ____ although there are exceptions to this pattern.

SSC - ✔️✔️The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as

snapping turtle - ✔️✔️A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the

2 - ✔️✔️___ of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendants

allantois - ✔️✔️The ___ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic
wastes


Lakes Wales Ridge - ✔️✔️___ is an important region in central Florida for several
specialized species such as the sand skink and other species of lizards.

6 - ✔️✔️The fossil reptiles diversified into ___ sub classes.

iguana - ✔️✔️The ___ is an example of a herbivorous lizard.

seeds - ✔️✔️As the reptiles evolved the amniote egg, plants evolved ___ as an
adaption to the environment.

22 - ✔️✔️About ___ species of the order crocodylia occur in the world today.

leatherback - ✔️✔️The ___ is the largest living turtle.

epidermal scales - ✔️✔️The evolution of ___ in reptiles is seen as an adaptation for
survival in a dry climate.

marine - ✔️✔️The Euryapsid groups of fossil reptiles lived in ___ environments.

crocodilians - ✔️✔️TSD is seen most commonly in sea turtles and ___.

vestigial legs - ✔️✔️The sand skink of central Florida is characterized by having ___.

Brown Tree Snake - ✔️✔️The ___ is an example of a rear-fanged snake.

, green turtle - ✔️✔️The ___ is a hard shelled sea turtle that feeds chiefly on sea grass
and macro algae.

vertebrates - ✔️✔️Snakes generally evolved to feed on ___ although there are a few
exceptions to this pattern.

carapace - ✔️✔️The dorsal part of the turtle's shell is called the

Archie Carr - ✔️✔️___ was a professor in the UF zoology department who was a
pioneer in biological studies of sea turtles.

350 - ✔️✔️There are roughly ___ species of turtles in the world today.

skull opening pattern - ✔️✔️The fossil subgroups of reptiles are identifiable by their
___.

tegu - ✔️✔️Th ___ is a species of lizard harvested commercially in South America for
its skin.

where they were hatched - ✔️✔️Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches ___.

Red-cocked woodpecker - ✔️✔️The state of Florida lists the ___ as being threatened
but the USFWS lists it as endangered.

crocodilians - ✔️✔️The birds are thought to have evolved from the same reptilian
subclass as the

touch - ✔️✔️Wood Storks find food by using their sense of ___.

owls - ✔️✔️A facial disk is characteristic of the ___.

8 - ✔️✔️There are ___ bird species officially listed as endangered by the state of
Florida.

False - ✔️✔️Woodpeckers build a cup nest in a tree cavity excavated by bluebirds.

true - ✔️✔️All birds are oviparous.

Kiwis - ✔️✔️___ are ratite birds that still exist today in New Zealand.

New Zealand - ✔️✔️The Kakapo s native to ___.

Anseriformes - ✔️✔️Webbed feet and depressed bills are characteristics of the

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