Ducks Practice Test 2

Water found in a wetland with woody plants, saturated or slow-moving water and low oxygen levels in the soil is known as which of the following?

• Tidal marsh

• Fen

• Bog

• Swamp

Carol works for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and is surveying an area to determine if it meets the requirements to be classified as a wetland. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for her to take into consideration?

• The area supports hydrophytic plants for at least parts of the year

• The soil is primary hydric, formed under prolonged flooding

• The area must have standing water year-round

• The area is saturated during part of the growing season

One acre of wetlands filters 7.3 gallons of water a month into fresh drinking water.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is NOT one of the states currently experiencing wetland reductions of between 80 to 100 percent?

• Missouri

• Texas

• California

• Iowa

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Which of the following is the best description of taxonomy?

• Places an organism in descending, ordered groups which share more specific similarities with the organism than the previous group

• All of these are correct

• Begins by placing an organism in a kingdom all the way down to a species

• Branch of science where organisms are classified and named based on their similarities and differences

Which order is defined by having a diet which consists of a majority of animal protein?

• Artiodactyla

• Cingulata

• Chiroptera

• Carnivora

Adrian was hired by a company to survey for endangered species before a construction project. As part of this survey, they wish to know species diversity on the property. While on his first survey Adrian sees a bird he has never seen before, so he takes detailed notes and a picture with plans to identify it later. The bird has a distinctly hooked beak, bright yellow legs, and a bright yellow ring around the eye. What family does this bird belong to?

• Columbidae

• Odontophoridae

• Falconidae

• Picidae

The process of naming species uses , giving the species a name with two parts.

• Ecology naming

• Monomial nomenclature

• Diagnostic characteristics

• Binomial nomenclature

Market hunters decimated populations of many wildlife species in order to help feed the growing population in North America, eventually leading to the extinction of some species. Which of the following species became extinct due to market hunting?

• Carolina parakeet

• Pronghorn

• Passenger pigeon

• Bison

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The Migratory Bird Conservation Act created the migratory bird conservation commission in 1929 in order to evaluate and approve federal land for wildlife refuges using federal funding. This commission is made up of the Secretary of Agriculture, two senators, two members of the house of representatives and __________.

• The President

• Representation from Ducks Unlimited®

• The Secretary of the Interior

• The chief biologist of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service