AEST Natural Resource Specialist Study Guide with 100% Correct Answers

AEST Natural Resource Specialist Study Guide with 100% Correct Answers Chytridiomycosis - Correct Answer ️️ -A disease that effect amphibian species, early signs are anorexia and lethargy. common signs are red skin, lack of reflexes, and abnormal feeding behavior Coppice Cutting - Correct Answer ️️ -Similar to seed tree cutting concept. Rather than providing seed, the remaining trees develop root suckers to produce new trees. central broad-leaved forest - Correct Answer ️️ -Mostly east of the Mississippi River and south of the North Hardwood forest. High quality wood produced here. Abitrary grouping of several distinct forest subgroups. Farming region, most land cleared to cultivate crops Tropical Forest - Correct Answer ️️ -The forest located at the southern most tip of Florida and Texas. Has little economic usage but very important ecologically. Southern Forest - Correct Answer ️️ -runs from the coast of Virginia to eastern Texas and North to Missouri A horizon - Correct Answer ️️ -Soil Horizon that has the highest amount of organic matter Learned Behavior - Correct Answer ️️ -What type of behavior is a duckling learning how to swim adaptive behavior - Correct Answer ️️ -What type of behavior is a deer camouflaging itself from predators Entisols - Correct Answer ️️ -Which soil order has little to no horizon development except the A horizon Alfisols - Correct Answer ️️ -Soil order with lots of clay accumulation and a base saturation of 35% and up Andisols - Correct Answer ️️ -developed from volcanic material, particularly ash Aridisols - Correct Answer ️️ -dry soils found in most desert areas; salinization common Gelisols - Correct Answer ️️ -cold & frozen soils subject to crytoturbation (frost churning); found in high latitudes & elevations, has permafrost in soil Histolsols - Correct Answer ️️ -Soil order high in organic matter Inceptisols - Correct Answer ️️ -soil order with weakly developed horizons but also my have other characteristics of other soil orders Mollisols - Correct Answer ️️ -Soil order with a base saturation of at 50% or above and thick and dark surface horizon Oxisols - Correct Answer ️️ -Soil order with low cation exch