Wildlife Management

_________ is one of the main causes of human-caused extinction.

• passive wildlife management

• active wildlife management

• overharvesting

• keystone species

A key job of wildlife managers is to ensure that large enough populations of species exist to allow for a species' continued survival.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which species nearly went extinct because of over-hunting?

• White-tailed deer

• Canada Goose

• Moose

• American Bison

Which species is extinct because of over hunting?

• Flamingos

• Gnarl whales

• Passenger Pigeon

• American Bison

The man considered to be the founder of the science of wildlife management.

• President Theodore Roosevelt

• President Harry S. Truman

• Aldo Leopold

• Davey Crockett

Wildlife, by definition, are undomesticated, free-ranging terrestrial vertebrates.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which is not a method of wildlife management?

• setting game limits

• building and maintaining habitat

• growing more invasive species

• public education

Leaving land and habitat alone and is untouched by human activity is called _________ management.

• passive

• active

• keystone

• Boom and Bust

_________ is where the population will continue to increase until a species has exceeded its carrying capacity.

• Boom and Bust Cycle

• Passive Growth

• Active Growth

• Degradation

__________ involves the use of human activity to ensure that species of wildlife remain at healthy population levels.

• Passive management

• Active management