ENWC 201 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS COMPILATION 2024

Infectious - viruses, bacteria, parasites Pathogen - a disease, causing agent EX. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) Non-infectious - toxin, physiological, nutritional, congenital, degenerative, cancer EX. Mercury poisoning Reservoir - any living or nonliving substance that may perpetuate a ...

What is wildlife? - Free-living, wild animals (excluding feral or exotic species) of major significance to humans; includes associated plants and lower animals (micro-organisms) What are the potential benefits of creating water sources for wildlife? - Increase animal abundance, increase availab...

Dispersal - Movement to a new area Emigration = move out of a population Immigration = move into a population Often a result of overcrowding (density dependent) Most often young animals are moving to establish a new home range or become members of a new population (immigration) Limit...

An animal's ____ is an area that it defends from members of the same species - territory A female Belding’s ground squirrel makes more alert calls to predator intrusions when she is surrounded by individuals of her own species than when she is alone. This is a form of ___ - altruism We se...

Circadian rhythm - the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle Nocturnal - active at night Diurnal - active during the day Crepuscular - active at dawn and dusk Circannual rhythm - behavioral rhythms linked to the yearly cycle of seasons Courtship -...

Due to the disruption of natural water flow and loss of habitat, ____________ National Park was added to the World Heritage Danger List in 2010. - Everglades Who signed the Endangered Species Act? - President Nixon 4 primary actions of the Endangered Species Act - -conservation of species ...

Incentive driven conservation - Make wildlife more valuable alive than dead Social incentives Economic incentives Negative conservation incentives - Enforcing laws via incarceration Don’t work because lose money in economy (people can’t feed their families, people who are poaching) Po...

What is an animal's niche - its role or job in the ecosystem How many dimensions can a niche have - it can have many dimensions Can animals share a niche - no, one of them are going to out win the other What are the past threats the parrot faced - deforestation and predation Current...

Natural selection - Process that determines which individuals will pass on their genes to the next generation Evolution - the changes that we see in the genes and characteristics displayed by successive generations of a population Speciation - the production of a new species from a previous...

What is an animal's niche? - An animals role or job in an ecosystem Can animals share a niche? - No. The dominant species will out compete other species for territory and resources. What is logistic growth? - When the growth rate of a species decreases as the population reaches maximum ca...