Ducks review 4

Which of the following is true about the Forest and Rangeland Planning Act?

• Established the management, protection, and care of forest reserves

• Allows the president to set aside forest reserves

• Authorized the U.S. Forest Service to develop standards in order to ensure a future supply of wood resources from forests

• Monitors the effects of climate change on renewable resources and managed lands

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Which of the following best describes agroforestry?

• Mature trees are logged first to allow thinner trees to flourish

• Invasive plant species are planted to thin out weaker trees

• Trees grown in areas of agriculture which are used to stabilize environmental conditions of crops

• Large farms growing young trees to be replanted into the forest

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The Weeks-McLean Act allowed the establishment of which of the following?

• Closed seasons for hunting migratory birds

• Shipping, purchasing or acquiring wild birds

• Creation of a stamp for waterfowl hunters

• Sale of migratory birds and their parts

Organisms do NOT require nutrients, or chemical substances, during which of the following phases?

• Reproduction

• Sleep

• Growth

• Maintenance

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Abiotic factors are…

• Density-dependent factors

• Density independent factors

• Biotic factors

• Population factors

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Which of the following best describes a temporal change?

• A positive change in the ecosystem which enforces sustainability

• A physical change over time

• A decline in the population

• An unfavorable change in the ecosystem within the biosphere

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Because diving ducks have a smaller wing-to-body ratio, they are required to do which of the following in order to take flight?

• Launch themselves in the air

• Run across the ground to gain speed

• Run across the water to gain speed

• Swim to the surface with force

During the first year of life, waterfowl face a ______ percent mortality rate.

• 30

• 50

• 15

• 40

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In what year was the Federal Water Pollution Control Act established?

• 1978

• 1948

• 1935

• 1869

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Which of the following is a characteristic of the taiga?

• Northernmost forests with seasonal climate including long winters and short summers

• Most diverse of all ecosystems

• Includes deciduous and coniferous forests

• Lacks seasonal climate, but can have wet and dry seasons