ENWC201 Exam 1 UD with Complete Solutions
What is wildlife? Answer-Wikipedia: "Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants,
animals and other organisms."
Merriam-Webster: "Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither
human nor domesticated"
Bolen and Robinson:...
What is wildlife? Answer-Wikipedia: "Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants,
animals and other organisms."
Merriam-Webster: "Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither
human nor domesticated"
Bolen and Robinson: "Wildlife is a hard term to define, but birds and mammals receive the most
attention..."
Gifford Pinchot Answer-x Preservation
x Protection
Conservator -> together guard
Conservation
Conservation Answer-Wikipedia: "is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection.
Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and
biological diversity."
Merriam-Webster: "planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation,
destruction, or neglect."
Bolen and Robinson: "the sustained-yield that can be achieved
from forests, wildlife, and other natural resources.
Ernst Haeckel Answer-Eco -> oikos = home
logy -> logos = study
,ENWC201 Exam 1 UD with Complete Solutions
Ecology = home study
Ecology Answer-Wikipedia: "is the scientific study of the distributions, abundance
and relations of organisms and their interactions with the
environment."
Merriam-Webster: "a branch of science concerned with the
interrelationship of organisms and their environments."
Bolen and Robinson: "the study of interactions between organisms
and their environment."
What characteristics separate mammals from birds, reptiles, and amphibians? Answer-
Mammals have hair, mammary glands, and three ear bones
Primates Answer-Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey
What characteristic best describes why a species is classified as Carnivora? Answer-have
prominent canines and sharp claws
Mammal Diversity Answer-Rodents(40%) and Bats(20%) account for more than half of all
mammal species in the world
, ENWC201 Exam 1 UD with Complete Solutions
How many mammal species are there in the world? Answer-~5500(965 in NA)
What features are unique to birds? Answer-feathers
Birds Answer-more than 50% of bird species are in the Passeriformes order
How many bird species are there in the world? Answer-~9900(2000 in NA, 925 in U.S.)
How many reptile species are there in the world? Answer-~8200
How many Amphibian species are there in the world? Answer-~6500
Species Answer-Mammals = 5490
Birds = 9891
Reptiles = 8225
Amphibians = 6500
second law of thermodynamics Answer-when energy is changed from one form to
another, some useful energy is always degraded into lower quality energy (usually heat)
Energy pyramid Answer-energy moves through the food web and escapes
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