Ducks Unlimited Final Exam Practice || All Answers are
Correct.
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
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 when decaying, so when areas
experience deforestation large amounts of a forest's sequestered carbon will be released back
into the atmosphere
Which is a true statement about non-tidal marshes? correct answers They occur in poorly
draining low places and along boundaries of freshwater sources
What best describes high-grading harvest? correct answers Only cutting the largest or most
valuable tree species in an area
What percent of forests remain in the United States? correct answers 33%
What is NOT a good reason for conducting a prescribed burn? correct answers Preventing
wildlife from entering unwanted areas. As this disrupts natural processes.
What is a description for the logging practice term known as clear cutting? correct answers
Logging all trees of the same age in one area. Meaning, cutting down all the trees, regardless
of how old or valuable they are.
Which of the following best describes kudzu and garlic mustard found in North American
forests? correct answers Invasive species impacting forest health
What percentage of Duck Stamp sales goes to supporting habitat restoration? correct answers
98
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which retires cropland and restores the
land to grassland, is part of what piece of legislation? correct answers The Farm Bill
In order to maintain a healthy balance of nutrients in the soil, Sam plants corn in the spring
and soybeans in the fall. This is known as which of the following sustainable agricultural
methods? correct answers Rotational Crops: varying the crops grown in each field from year
to year
Correct.
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
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 when decaying, so when areas
experience deforestation large amounts of a forest's sequestered carbon will be released back
into the atmosphere
Which is a true statement about non-tidal marshes? correct answers They occur in poorly
draining low places and along boundaries of freshwater sources
What best describes high-grading harvest? correct answers Only cutting the largest or most
valuable tree species in an area
What percent of forests remain in the United States? correct answers 33%
What is NOT a good reason for conducting a prescribed burn? correct answers Preventing
wildlife from entering unwanted areas. As this disrupts natural processes.
What is a description for the logging practice term known as clear cutting? correct answers
Logging all trees of the same age in one area. Meaning, cutting down all the trees, regardless
of how old or valuable they are.
Which of the following best describes kudzu and garlic mustard found in North American
forests? correct answers Invasive species impacting forest health
What percentage of Duck Stamp sales goes to supporting habitat restoration? correct answers
98
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which retires cropland and restores the
land to grassland, is part of what piece of legislation? correct answers The Farm Bill
In order to maintain a healthy balance of nutrients in the soil, Sam plants corn in the spring
and soybeans in the fall. This is known as which of the following sustainable agricultural
methods? correct answers Rotational Crops: varying the crops grown in each field from year
to year
