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Exam 1 WIS2552 Questions With Verified
Answers
Zoogeographic regions are based on_____ - answer✔Evolutionary History
Bower Birds are found in_____ - answer✔Australia
The main characteristic of deserts is high temperatures - answer✔false
Are birds of Taiga like habitats that feed almost exclusively on pine seeds and often have
irruptive flights - answer✔Crossbills
Harris reported that about ____% of the vertebrates of Old Growth forests were reptiles and
amphibians - answer✔12
Temperate forests do not have very high diversity of _____ species - answer✔lizard
Badgers are a predator that preys on ______ - answer✔ground squirrels
Are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites - answer✔numbats
The great sandy desert is in ____ - answer✔Australia
Although extinct in the wild in the 1970s the arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the nation of
- answer✔oman
The varied thrush is a species found in the most understory of______ - answer✔old growth
species of conifers grow to heights in excess of 200 feed in the old growth forests - answer✔10
Game birds of the taiga typically have ____ feathers as an adaptation for absorbing sunlight -
answer✔dark-colored
"liming" is a stop-gap measure to protect lakes from the effects of - answer✔acid rain
across the tundra the annual rainfall averages _____ per year - answer✔<25cm
Trees in the taiga are often pyramid shaped as an adaptation for___ - answer✔shedding snow
The ____ is a weasel like taiga animal that feeds on porcupines - answer✔fisher
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switch grass is typical of __ prairie - answer✔midgrass
Are sea ducks of the high arctic that are adapted for diving and feeding on invertebrates -
answer✔eiders
are the main prey of polar bears - answer✔seals
The ___ are desert adapted rodents that live mostly in africa - answer✔Jerboas
Marmosets and tamarins occur in - answer✔South America
The species in the group platyrrhini are - answer✔new world monkeys
wrote a book on communities of lizards in deserts around the world - answer✔eric pianka
Janet Larsen of the Earth policy institute wrote that in the 50 years up to 2002 -
answer✔indonesia
desert scrub and thorn forest are two sub biomes you would encounter in - answer✔western
mexico
The main characteristic of deserts is low rainfall - answer✔true
notofagus is a common tree genus in temperate forests of - answer✔south america
crassulacean acid metabolism is a type of photosynthesis seen in many ___ plants -
answer✔desert
The top predator in siberian taiga is the - answer✔Siberian tiger
as an adaption to reflect sunlight the arabian oryx has - answer✔pale fur
Historically, grasslands in ___ are especially rich in grazing herbivore species - answer✔africa
The flinhills of kansas support a vast native ____ prairie - answer✔tallgrass
myrmecophagous mammals are those that eat chiefly - answer✔ants and termites
as described in the biome reference chapter north american grasslands fall into ___broad zones -
answer✔3
The ___ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession -
answer✔rufous-sided towhee
australia currently supports a wild population of one humped camels that number around -
answer✔100,000
Exam 1 WIS2552 Questions With Verified
Answers
Zoogeographic regions are based on_____ - answer✔Evolutionary History
Bower Birds are found in_____ - answer✔Australia
The main characteristic of deserts is high temperatures - answer✔false
Are birds of Taiga like habitats that feed almost exclusively on pine seeds and often have
irruptive flights - answer✔Crossbills
Harris reported that about ____% of the vertebrates of Old Growth forests were reptiles and
amphibians - answer✔12
Temperate forests do not have very high diversity of _____ species - answer✔lizard
Badgers are a predator that preys on ______ - answer✔ground squirrels
Are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites - answer✔numbats
The great sandy desert is in ____ - answer✔Australia
Although extinct in the wild in the 1970s the arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the nation of
- answer✔oman
The varied thrush is a species found in the most understory of______ - answer✔old growth
species of conifers grow to heights in excess of 200 feed in the old growth forests - answer✔10
Game birds of the taiga typically have ____ feathers as an adaptation for absorbing sunlight -
answer✔dark-colored
"liming" is a stop-gap measure to protect lakes from the effects of - answer✔acid rain
across the tundra the annual rainfall averages _____ per year - answer✔<25cm
Trees in the taiga are often pyramid shaped as an adaptation for___ - answer✔shedding snow
The ____ is a weasel like taiga animal that feeds on porcupines - answer✔fisher
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switch grass is typical of __ prairie - answer✔midgrass
Are sea ducks of the high arctic that are adapted for diving and feeding on invertebrates -
answer✔eiders
are the main prey of polar bears - answer✔seals
The ___ are desert adapted rodents that live mostly in africa - answer✔Jerboas
Marmosets and tamarins occur in - answer✔South America
The species in the group platyrrhini are - answer✔new world monkeys
wrote a book on communities of lizards in deserts around the world - answer✔eric pianka
Janet Larsen of the Earth policy institute wrote that in the 50 years up to 2002 -
answer✔indonesia
desert scrub and thorn forest are two sub biomes you would encounter in - answer✔western
mexico
The main characteristic of deserts is low rainfall - answer✔true
notofagus is a common tree genus in temperate forests of - answer✔south america
crassulacean acid metabolism is a type of photosynthesis seen in many ___ plants -
answer✔desert
The top predator in siberian taiga is the - answer✔Siberian tiger
as an adaption to reflect sunlight the arabian oryx has - answer✔pale fur
Historically, grasslands in ___ are especially rich in grazing herbivore species - answer✔africa
The flinhills of kansas support a vast native ____ prairie - answer✔tallgrass
myrmecophagous mammals are those that eat chiefly - answer✔ants and termites
as described in the biome reference chapter north american grasslands fall into ___broad zones -
answer✔3
The ___ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession -
answer✔rufous-sided towhee
australia currently supports a wild population of one humped camels that number around -
answer✔100,000
