Predator-prey Cycles in Coyotes and Deer

Which is NOT an adaptation to protect a deer fawn in its first days of life?

• Camouflage

• Ability to immediately stand up

• Ability to graze for its own food

• Lack of a scent

What are features of an animal that determine whether it is predator or prey?

• Horns, toxins, and camouflage

• Location of eyes, tooth structure, and foot type

• Grit, determination, and stubbornness

• Size and strength

Animals with hooves such as deer and cows have which foot structure?

• Ungulate

• Plantigrade

• Tardigrade

• Digitigrade

The limiting factor for white-tailed deer population is

• Hunting

• Predation

• tick diseases

• Winter deer yard access

Behaviors that occur in male deer during mating season include

• Losing the antlers and secreting from the anal gland

• Fighting other males and xxx urination

• Increase in appetite and making a nest to attract females

• Digging ruts in the dirt and prancing around its territory

The Eastern coyote is

• Native to the northeast

• An invasive species brought here by humans

• A species that emigrated from the western US and is evolving

• A direct descendant of the eastern pug

Although a predator, the coyote is also a(n) —- feeder

• Finicky

• Opportunistic

• Diurnal

• Elaborate

One advantage of a digitigrade foot shape is

• Wide span on the ice

• Ability to climb cliffs

• Stealth

• Ability to scratch one’s own backside

Which is important for deer to find their winter deer yards?

• Clear skies to be guided by the moon

• An elder deer who knows the way

• A masculine buck to lead them

• Trail markers from the previous year

The length of time that a female is pregnant is called

• Hybridization

• Gestation

• Fertilization

• Constipation