WIS2552 EXAM 1 UF Questions With
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The === are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns - answer✔Shrikes
=== are species that are related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the
water - answer✔Skimmers
There are ___ native species of crows and jays in New Zealand - answer✔0
In the American Southwest as many as ____ Hummingbird species are known to occur. -
answer✔17
The Desert biome lies about ___ degrees north and south of the equator. - answer✔30
According to one reference there are ___ species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
answer✔51
North American grasslands once supported ____ Buffalo. - answer✔60 million
about half the species of birds in the world belong to the order - answer✔passeriformes
about species of birds in the world - answer✔9700
According to a book by Baldasarre, Bolen, and Sayre, a female Snow Goose can lose up to _%
of her body masss during the nesting cycle - answer✔40
according to a team of researchers, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents except -
answer✔australia
according to darwin's theory a bat's wing is homologous with a - answer✔penguin flipper
according to lewis wolpert is the most important event in a person's life - answer✔gastrulation
According to one reference there are--- species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
answer✔51
according to the florida museum of natural history, there are species of crocodilians worldwide -
answer✔23
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according to theory of "inheritance of acquired characteristics" individuals transformed
following - answer✔perceived environmental stress
according to theory of natural selection - answer✔ore individuals of a species are born than can
survive
Acid rain is a threat that has particularly affected _____ in North America - answer✔temperate
forests
across the tundra the annual rainfall averages ___ per year - answer✔<25
the african pygmy elephant appears to be morphologically similar to ____ of south america -
answer✔capybara
african ratites introduced to australia - answer✔ostriches
african sleeping sickness is caused by a - answer✔protist
albatrosses are grouped with the - answer✔Shearwaters
all chordate characteristics are seen through the lives of the individual - answer✔false
all members of the phylum chordata share characters - answer✔4
All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters - answer✔False
All plovers either lack or have a vestigial (=reduced) ___ - answer✔Hallux
all turtles are egg layers - answer✔true
although extinct in the wild in the 1970s the arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the nation of -
answer✔oman
American Bitterns are in the same group as the - answer✔herons
american crocodile is still found on various islands in the caribbean - answer✔true
american crocodiles are widespread and abundant in florida - answer✔false
ammonia is a gas and has chemical formula - answer✔nh3
among the amphibia several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults - answer✔false
the anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as the - answer✔pelicans
anole is a common species introduced to florida - answer✔cuban
another name for primary producers - answer✔autotroph
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The ____ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession -
answer✔Rufous-sided Towhee
the archenteron forms from the - answer✔blastocoel
____ are arboreal foliovores of the australian temperate forests - answer✔koalas
___ are a species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandable in
the water - answer✔skimmers
______ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra -
answer✔snow geese
_____ are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites - answer✔numbats
The ______ are birds of Old World deserts that fly long distances to soak up water in their belly
feathers to transport to their young - answer✔Sand grouse
___ are birds of taiga like habitat that feed almost exclusively on pine seeds and often have
irruptive flights - answer✔Crossbills
the _____ are birds of the old world deserts that fly long distances to soak up water in there belly
feathers to transport to their young - answer✔sand grouse
___ are common passerine birds that occur worldwide except for south America - answer✔crows
The ____ are desert adapted rodents that live mostly in Africa - answer✔jerboas
_____ are extensions on the trunk of some tropical trees that supports them in shallow soils -
answer✔Buttresses
______ are insectivorous mammals with very high metabolic rates that are found in Eastern
Deciduous Forest of North America - answer✔shrews
____ are main prey of polar bears - answer✔seals
The --- are mostly pelagic species in the shorebird group that feed by diving for fish -
answer✔alcids
The ___ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns - answer✔shrikes
The ___ are passerine species that are similar to swifts - answer✔shallows
_______ are sea ducks of the high arctic that are adapted for diving and feeding on invertebrates
- answer✔Eiders