Ducks Unlimited Final Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
In what year was the Clean Water and Air Act created? - Correct Answers -1948
What does NOT influence an organism's niche/survival? - Correct Answers -
Commensalism- one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
According to the presentation, ecosystem management was broadened by the
establishment of which of the following in 1978? - Correct Answers -Conservation
Biology
Which of is known to cause primary succession? - Correct Answers -Glacier Movement
According to the presentation, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 is credited with
saving which of the following species from extinction? - Correct Answers -Snowy egret
Under the pillar which states markets for game are eliminated, exceptions can be made
for some fur-bearing species. - Correct Answers -True
Which of the following is NOT needed when it comes to managing species and
habitats? - Correct Answers -Life history
Who acquired the sporting journal Forest and Stream and used it to promote wildlife
conservation? - Correct Answers -eorge Bird Grinnell
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act - Correct Answers -1934
What are positive ecological interactions between organisms. - Correct Answers -
Commensalism and Mutualism
What conducts nitrogen fixation? - Correct Answers -Peanuts, Algae and Nitrogen-
fixing bacteria. Humans DO NOT conduct nitrogen fixation.
Which of the following best describes respiration? - Correct Answers -Intake of oxygen
to convert glucose to energy
Where is the phosphorus cycle primarily conducted? - Correct Answers -In soil and
plants
Which of the following is NOT a category of wetland biome? - Correct Answers -Tropical
, How would you best describe a pioneer species? - Correct Answers -The first species to
colonize an area in primary succession
What can influence an organism's niche/survival? - Correct Answers -Competition,
Mutualism and Parasitism.
What is mutualism? - Correct Answers -symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms
involved.
What is parasitism? - Correct Answers -One organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is primary succession? - Correct Answers -Succession that begins in an area with
no remnants of an older community. The first to find habitat in an area.
What wetlands is dominated by emergent vegetation? - Correct Answers -Marshes
A large plot of land in a grassland ecosystem was converted for agriculture. After four
decades of agricultural use the land was abandoned and began to revert to its original
grassland state. This is an example of which of the following? - Correct Answers -
Secondary succession
In what year was the Federal Water Pollution Control Act established? - Correct
Answers -1948
Denitrification is an essential step in which of the following cycles? - Correct Answers -
Nitrogen
What is true about chlorophyll? - Correct Answers -It is required in order to perform
photosynthesis
Organisms do NOT require nutrients, or chemical substances, during what phase? -
Correct Answers -Sleep
Organisms require nutrients, or chemical substances, during what phases? - Correct
Answers -Growth, Maintenance and Reproduction
Grasslands are dominated by grasses and several species of forbs. Which of the
following best describes a forb? - Correct Answers -Broadleaf plants and lower shrub
vegetation
Grassland Habitat - Correct Answers -
Forests are responsible for storing large amounts of carbon. However, there are some
cases in which forests can also release significant amounts of carbon into the
atmosphere. When does this typically occur? - Correct Answers -Trees release carbon
Questions and Answers
In what year was the Clean Water and Air Act created? - Correct Answers -1948
What does NOT influence an organism's niche/survival? - Correct Answers -
Commensalism- one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
According to the presentation, ecosystem management was broadened by the
establishment of which of the following in 1978? - Correct Answers -Conservation
Biology
Which of is known to cause primary succession? - Correct Answers -Glacier Movement
According to the presentation, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 is credited with
saving which of the following species from extinction? - Correct Answers -Snowy egret
Under the pillar which states markets for game are eliminated, exceptions can be made
for some fur-bearing species. - Correct Answers -True
Which of the following is NOT needed when it comes to managing species and
habitats? - Correct Answers -Life history
Who acquired the sporting journal Forest and Stream and used it to promote wildlife
conservation? - Correct Answers -eorge Bird Grinnell
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act - Correct Answers -1934
What are positive ecological interactions between organisms. - Correct Answers -
Commensalism and Mutualism
What conducts nitrogen fixation? - Correct Answers -Peanuts, Algae and Nitrogen-
fixing bacteria. Humans DO NOT conduct nitrogen fixation.
Which of the following best describes respiration? - Correct Answers -Intake of oxygen
to convert glucose to energy
Where is the phosphorus cycle primarily conducted? - Correct Answers -In soil and
plants
Which of the following is NOT a category of wetland biome? - Correct Answers -Tropical
, How would you best describe a pioneer species? - Correct Answers -The first species to
colonize an area in primary succession
What can influence an organism's niche/survival? - Correct Answers -Competition,
Mutualism and Parasitism.
What is mutualism? - Correct Answers -symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms
involved.
What is parasitism? - Correct Answers -One organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is primary succession? - Correct Answers -Succession that begins in an area with
no remnants of an older community. The first to find habitat in an area.
What wetlands is dominated by emergent vegetation? - Correct Answers -Marshes
A large plot of land in a grassland ecosystem was converted for agriculture. After four
decades of agricultural use the land was abandoned and began to revert to its original
grassland state. This is an example of which of the following? - Correct Answers -
Secondary succession
In what year was the Federal Water Pollution Control Act established? - Correct
Answers -1948
Denitrification is an essential step in which of the following cycles? - Correct Answers -
Nitrogen
What is true about chlorophyll? - Correct Answers -It is required in order to perform
photosynthesis
Organisms do NOT require nutrients, or chemical substances, during what phase? -
Correct Answers -Sleep
Organisms require nutrients, or chemical substances, during what phases? - Correct
Answers -Growth, Maintenance and Reproduction
Grasslands are dominated by grasses and several species of forbs. Which of the
following best describes a forb? - Correct Answers -Broadleaf plants and lower shrub
vegetation
Grassland Habitat - Correct Answers -
Forests are responsible for storing large amounts of carbon. However, there are some
cases in which forests can also release significant amounts of carbon into the
atmosphere. When does this typically occur? - Correct Answers -Trees release carbon
