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Careers in Wildlife Management

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Which is not a method of wildlife management?

a)

setting game limits

b)

building and maintaining habitat

c)

growing more invasive species

d)

public education

4.

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

a)

Passive management

b)

Active management

5.

________ is managing a habitat to maximize overall biodiversity.

a)

species richness approach

b)

featured-species approach

c)

passive management

d)

active management

6.

Wildlife managers have many methods of determining the population of a species; complete counts are one of them. These are the specific complete counting actions:

a)

animal and plant tissues are collected

b)

calls, tracks, nests

c)

representative counting

d)

visual and/or aerial surveys, counting actual animals

7.

Wildlife managers have many methods of determining the population of a species; incomplete counts are one of them. These are the specific incomplete counting actions:

a)

animal and plant tissues are collected

b)

calls, tracks, nests

c)

representative counting

d)

visual and/or aerial surveys, counting actual animals

8.

Wildlife managers have many methods of determining the population of a species; indirect counts are one of them. These are the specific indirect counting actions:

a)

animal and plant tissues are collected

b)

calls, tracks, nests

c)

representative counting

d)

visual and/or aerial surveys, counting actual animals

9.

Wildlife managers have many methods of determining the population of a species; DNA testing is one of them. These are the DNA testing counting actions:

a)

animal and plant tissues are collected

b)

calls, tracks, nests

c)

representative counting

d)

visual and/or aerial surveys, counting actual animals

10.

_________ is the maximum number of individuals a specific habitat can support for a specific species.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Keystone Species

c)

Active Counts

d)

Domestication

11.

Carrying capacities changes with the seasons.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Too many animals in an area can cause ____________.

a)

lots of happy wildlife watchers taking selfies with the animals.

b)

contagious disease outbreaks.

c)

extra hunting seasons to be removed.

13.

______ is any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range as defined in the Endangered Species Act.

a)

threatened species

b)

endangered species

c)

recovery

d)

extinct

14.

______ is an animal or plant in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

a)

threatened species

b)

endangered species

c)

recovery

d)

extinct

15.

______ is the process where an endangered or threatened species' population decline is slowed or reversed, or threats to its survival are removed, so that the long-term survival of the species in nature can be safeguarded.

a)

threatened species

b)

endangered species

c)

recovery

d)

extinct

16.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
17.

If the population of corn were to be wiped out by disease, what possible effect might this event have on the food web?

a)

The grasshopper population would decline.

b)

The would have less prey options.

c)

The rat population would decline.

d)

All of the above.

18.

What is Conservation?

a)

Protection of environment from climate change

b)

Protection of organisms and environment from harmful affect of humans

c)

Destruction of environments from climate change

d)

Destruction of organisms and environment from harmful affect of humans

19.

Habitats can be preserved by...

a)

Reducing recycling

b)

Building more roads

c)

Reducing pollution, developing conservation parks

d)

Introducing invasive species

20.
Which of the following leads to a decrease in biodiversity?
a)
protection of ecosystems
b)
pollution control
c)
selective cutting
d)
introduction of exotic or invasive species
21.
Use Figure 3-2. Which ecosystem is the most productive?
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
coral reefs
d)
swamps and marshes
22.

PLANT EATERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS _________________________.

a)

HERBIVORES

b)

CARNIVORES

c)

FRUGIVORES

d)

INSECTIVORES

23.

MEAT EATERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS ________________________.

a)

CARNIVORES

b)

HERBIVORES

c)

INSECTIVORES

d)

SPERMIVORES