NR 220 Exam 1 Exam Questions with
correct Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded.
5 common vegetation used by wildlife - ANS-1. Populous tremuloides
-elk scrape their bottom teeth on it and remove the top layer of bark
-eat the bottom layer
2. Juniperus communis
-berries eaten by small mammals, grouse, birds
(looks like a pine bush)
3. Mahonia repens
-wildlife eat berries (holly)
4. Vaccinium spp.
-wildlife eat berries
(green stem, non-waxy leaves)
5. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
-similar to vaccinium but with waxy leaves and brown stems
What is the mutualism that involves midden? - ANS-Red Pine Squirrels eat Lodgepole Pine
cones and
create a pile of midden.
Fungi grows in this pile which is
eaten by the Southern Red Backed Vole
3 Beetle families that make homes in trees - ANS-Cerambycidae - round headed borers
Burpestidae - Flat headed borer (crazy parren, oval hole)
Scolytidae - mountain pine
(dendroctonus ponderosae)
Wildlife Diseases - ANS-ATV -threatens tiger salamander larvae
Chytrid fungus -threatens toads
Whirling Disease- trout
, Chronic Wasting Disease- elk and deer
Pasturella- RMtn Bighorn Sheep
Seasonal Pelage Change - ANS-Snowshoe hare
White tailed Ptarmgan
Long tailed weasel
What eats what? - ANS-Osprey - fish
Mountain lion- deer
Canadian Lynx- snowshoe hair
trout- mayfly
Wildlife Biology - ANS-study of living (wild) organisms and their vital processes
Wildlife Management - ANS-the application of knowledge and skills to protect, conserve, limit,
preserve and enhance wildlife and their environments
Conservation Biology - ANS-the application of biology to prevent the loss of and care for plant
and animals
Conservation leaders - ANS-T. Roosevelt
Ding Darling
G. Pinchot
Noteable Acts - ANS-ESA - 1973
Migratory Bird act - 1918
1930s - ANS-dust bowl led to a loss of wildlife
this led to conservation movements and an taxes on hunting and fishing gear
What are the three kinds of rocks? - ANS-sedimentary- depositional (sandstone)
Metamorphic- deformation caused by heat and pressure (schist)
Igneous - from melted rock material, extreme heat and pressure over time (volcanic, granite)
What type of geological activity shaped pingree - ANS-glacial (mountain/valley)
U-shaped, near downstream limit, deposited moranes (terminal, lateral, end/recessive )
What is a glacial till? - ANS-sediment dropped by ice on the edges of valleys.
correct Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded.
5 common vegetation used by wildlife - ANS-1. Populous tremuloides
-elk scrape their bottom teeth on it and remove the top layer of bark
-eat the bottom layer
2. Juniperus communis
-berries eaten by small mammals, grouse, birds
(looks like a pine bush)
3. Mahonia repens
-wildlife eat berries (holly)
4. Vaccinium spp.
-wildlife eat berries
(green stem, non-waxy leaves)
5. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
-similar to vaccinium but with waxy leaves and brown stems
What is the mutualism that involves midden? - ANS-Red Pine Squirrels eat Lodgepole Pine
cones and
create a pile of midden.
Fungi grows in this pile which is
eaten by the Southern Red Backed Vole
3 Beetle families that make homes in trees - ANS-Cerambycidae - round headed borers
Burpestidae - Flat headed borer (crazy parren, oval hole)
Scolytidae - mountain pine
(dendroctonus ponderosae)
Wildlife Diseases - ANS-ATV -threatens tiger salamander larvae
Chytrid fungus -threatens toads
Whirling Disease- trout
, Chronic Wasting Disease- elk and deer
Pasturella- RMtn Bighorn Sheep
Seasonal Pelage Change - ANS-Snowshoe hare
White tailed Ptarmgan
Long tailed weasel
What eats what? - ANS-Osprey - fish
Mountain lion- deer
Canadian Lynx- snowshoe hair
trout- mayfly
Wildlife Biology - ANS-study of living (wild) organisms and their vital processes
Wildlife Management - ANS-the application of knowledge and skills to protect, conserve, limit,
preserve and enhance wildlife and their environments
Conservation Biology - ANS-the application of biology to prevent the loss of and care for plant
and animals
Conservation leaders - ANS-T. Roosevelt
Ding Darling
G. Pinchot
Noteable Acts - ANS-ESA - 1973
Migratory Bird act - 1918
1930s - ANS-dust bowl led to a loss of wildlife
this led to conservation movements and an taxes on hunting and fishing gear
What are the three kinds of rocks? - ANS-sedimentary- depositional (sandstone)
Metamorphic- deformation caused by heat and pressure (schist)
Igneous - from melted rock material, extreme heat and pressure over time (volcanic, granite)
What type of geological activity shaped pingree - ANS-glacial (mountain/valley)
U-shaped, near downstream limit, deposited moranes (terminal, lateral, end/recessive )
What is a glacial till? - ANS-sediment dropped by ice on the edges of valleys.
