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NRES 348 Midterm Exam Questions And
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What are the four essential quantities needed to accurately estimate the population dynamics
of a population? - Answer✔births, deaths, immigration, emigration
Which US President is thought to have had been a conservationist and help start the
conservation movement? - Answer✔Teddy Roosevelt
The basic unit of fish and wildlife management is the? - Answer✔population
Using the MacArthur-Wilson Model where would you expect the greatest species richness -
Answer✔A large island near the mainland
Which is the world's longest river? - Answer✔Nile River
In terms of the water cycle, which is greater over oceans? - Answer✔evaporation
What is additive mortality - Answer✔the removal of an individual through harvesting results in
a net increase in the overall mortality rate, merely adding to the losses from other mortality
factors
What is a source habitat - Answer✔habitat where the overall reproductive success is greater
than mortality
what are two components of habitat fragmentation - Answer✔habitat loss
fragmentation
Why do we need to manage habitats as opposed to simply preserving them? - Answer✔Invasive
species, natural processes, disturbances
What is a shelterwood cut - Answer✔a forest management practice where a few large trees are
left to provide shade for seedlings
What habitat is there least of in Illinois - Answer✔praries
What is CRP - Answer✔Conservation Reserve Program
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what three habitats can benefit from prescribed fires - Answer✔cool-season grasslands,
prairies, forests
What is exurban habitat - Answer✔habitat at the edge of suburban sprawl and natural/rural
landscapes
What species does White Nose Syndrome impact - Answer✔bats
Which taxa is most responsible from the dispersal of diseases - Answer✔humans
Why are organizations reintroducing Bison to Illinois - Answer✔to restore a natural disturbance
Why is the Farm Bill so important - Answer✔it is associated with large amount of habitat which
is vital to wildlife
How have farming practices become more detrimental to wildlife populations - Answer✔more
mono-cultures, more chemicals, more field management, less heterogeneity, etc.
Two goals of fishery management - Answer✔-provide recreational & commercial
"opportunities"
-conserve/protect resource
Fisheries management has long been an effort to balance the ____________ of fish -
Answer✔supply and demand
four things that affect fish populations - Answer✔harvest, habitat, hydropower, hatchery
adaptive resource management - Answer✔approach of continual reassessment and innovation,
management actions are "experiments"
What is the role of science in management - Answer✔to provide information to shape decisions
What is "the human factor" on resource management - Answer✔people placing greater and
competing demands for the "values" of a resource
fish diversity ____, but also _____, the diversity of aquatic ecosystems - Answer✔reflects;
defines
main source of evaporation - Answer✔oceans
main source of precipitation - Answer✔landmasses
The water cycle greatly influences & is influenced by ______ - Answer✔climate
define watershed - Answer✔an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different
rivers, basins, or seas ( catchment basin)
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NRES 348 Midterm Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What are the four essential quantities needed to accurately estimate the population dynamics
of a population? - Answer✔births, deaths, immigration, emigration
Which US President is thought to have had been a conservationist and help start the
conservation movement? - Answer✔Teddy Roosevelt
The basic unit of fish and wildlife management is the? - Answer✔population
Using the MacArthur-Wilson Model where would you expect the greatest species richness -
Answer✔A large island near the mainland
Which is the world's longest river? - Answer✔Nile River
In terms of the water cycle, which is greater over oceans? - Answer✔evaporation
What is additive mortality - Answer✔the removal of an individual through harvesting results in
a net increase in the overall mortality rate, merely adding to the losses from other mortality
factors
What is a source habitat - Answer✔habitat where the overall reproductive success is greater
than mortality
what are two components of habitat fragmentation - Answer✔habitat loss
fragmentation
Why do we need to manage habitats as opposed to simply preserving them? - Answer✔Invasive
species, natural processes, disturbances
What is a shelterwood cut - Answer✔a forest management practice where a few large trees are
left to provide shade for seedlings
What habitat is there least of in Illinois - Answer✔praries
What is CRP - Answer✔Conservation Reserve Program
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what three habitats can benefit from prescribed fires - Answer✔cool-season grasslands,
prairies, forests
What is exurban habitat - Answer✔habitat at the edge of suburban sprawl and natural/rural
landscapes
What species does White Nose Syndrome impact - Answer✔bats
Which taxa is most responsible from the dispersal of diseases - Answer✔humans
Why are organizations reintroducing Bison to Illinois - Answer✔to restore a natural disturbance
Why is the Farm Bill so important - Answer✔it is associated with large amount of habitat which
is vital to wildlife
How have farming practices become more detrimental to wildlife populations - Answer✔more
mono-cultures, more chemicals, more field management, less heterogeneity, etc.
Two goals of fishery management - Answer✔-provide recreational & commercial
"opportunities"
-conserve/protect resource
Fisheries management has long been an effort to balance the ____________ of fish -
Answer✔supply and demand
four things that affect fish populations - Answer✔harvest, habitat, hydropower, hatchery
adaptive resource management - Answer✔approach of continual reassessment and innovation,
management actions are "experiments"
What is the role of science in management - Answer✔to provide information to shape decisions
What is "the human factor" on resource management - Answer✔people placing greater and
competing demands for the "values" of a resource
fish diversity ____, but also _____, the diversity of aquatic ecosystems - Answer✔reflects;
defines
main source of evaporation - Answer✔oceans
main source of precipitation - Answer✔landmasses
The water cycle greatly influences & is influenced by ______ - Answer✔climate
define watershed - Answer✔an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different
rivers, basins, or seas ( catchment basin)
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