Final Study Set ENWC 201 Exam 1 2024

Final Study Set ENWC 201 Exam 1 2024 Wildlife - CORRECT ANSWER-Free-living, wild animals (excluding feral and exotic species) that are of major significance to humans in their natural environments conservation - CORRECT ANSWER-planned management of natural resources to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect ecology - CORRECT ANSWER-defined by Ernst Haekel as "home study"; the study of interactions between organisms and their environment active management - CORRECT ANSWER-directly impacts populations of wildlife through methods like translocation and hunting passive management - CORRECT ANSWER-works to minimize external effects on wildlife populations goals of wildlife management - CORRECT ANSWER-1. increasing population numbers 2. decreasing population numbers 3. managing for sustained yield 4. monitering characteristics of mammals - CORRECT ANSWER-have hair, mammary glands, and three ear bones carnivore - CORRECT ANSWER-have prominent canines and sharp claws mammal diversity - CORRECT ANSWER-rodents (40%) and bats (20%) make up over half of all mammal species; there are around 5,500 mammal species in the world characteristics of birds - CORRECT ANSWER-birds have feathers bird diversity - CORRECT ANSWER-more than 50% of bird species are in the passeriformes order; there are 9,900 bird species in the world reptile diversity - CORRECT ANSWER-there are 5 orders (turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodiles, tuataras); 8,200 reptile species in the world amphibian diversity - CORRECT ANSWER-there are 3 orders (anura, caudata, gymnophiona); 6,500 amphibian species in the world threatened mammals - CORRECT ANSWER-about 1/4 of mammals are threatened threatened birds - CORRECT ANSWER-about 1/6 of birds are threatened threatened reptilia - CORRECT ANSWER-about 1/12 of reptiles are threatened threatened amphibia - CORRECT ANSWER-about 1/3 of amphibians are threatened ecosystem - CORRECT ANSW