ICEV 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is wetland physical trapping? - ✔✔Wetlands slow water flow, purifying water.
✔✔How much water can one acre of wetlands filter a year? - ✔✔7.3 million gallons.
✔✔What is the national goal for wetlands? - ✔✔No net loss.
✔✔What is Water Quality Trading? - ✔✔Organizations paid to reduce pollution.
✔✔What is density? - ✔✔Number of organisms per unit of area.
✔✔What is fecundity? - ✔✔Potential for reproduction.
✔✔What do density dependent factors involve? - ✔✔Living organisms.
✔✔What do density independent factors involve? - ✔✔Non-living abiotic factors.
✔✔What is putting out food plots? - ✔✔A way to manipulate habitats.
✔✔What defines vulnerable species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 30-50%.
✔✔What defines endangered species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 50-70%.
✔✔What defines critically endangered species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 80-90%.
✔✔What is carrying capacity? - ✔✔Maximum population size a habitat can support.
✔✔What are transect counts? - ✔✔Counting individuals while walking in a straight line.
✔✔What is a characteristic of mammals? - ✔✔Presence of hair and mammary glands.
✔✔What is the family Cervidae known for? - ✔✔Presence of antlers.
✔✔What is the family Mephitidae? - ✔✔Skunk.
✔✔What is the family Dasypodidae? - ✔✔Order Didelmorpha.
✔✔What is the Wild Turkey known for? - ✔✔North America's premier non-migratory
game bird.
✔✔What is Order Passeriformes? - ✔✔Perching birds.
✔✔What is a dabbling duck? - ✔✔Example: Northern Shoveler.
, ✔✔When do ducks pair up to mate? - ✔✔Mid-winter or during migration.
✔✔What is sexual dimorphism? - ✔✔Different appearance between male and female.
✔✔What are whistling ducks sometimes called? - ✔✔Tree ducks.
✔✔What triggers migration? - ✔✔Photoperiods.
✔✔What happened to the passenger pigeon? - ✔✔Became extinct.
✔✔What are wildlife resources? - ✔✔Public property belonging to all citizens.
✔✔What was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service originally known as? - ✔✔Bureau of
Biological Survey.
✔✔ Which of the following countries do NOT have taiga habitat? - ✔✔Egypt
✔✔Food, water and wood are all examples of which of the following services provided
by habitats? - ✔✔Provisional
✔✔Which wildlife population significantly declined due to market hunting and loss of
habitat? - ✔✔White-tailed deer
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of restoration? - ✔✔Preservation = non-
use or reduced use to preserve resources.
✔✔Which trees are most common in boreal forests? - ✔✔Coniferous
✔✔What is the most common invasive animal species? - ✔✔Feral hogs.
✔✔Through photosynthesis, how much carbon dioxide can a single tree take in? -
✔✔More than 40 pounds.
✔✔Which would most likely be found in a bog? - ✔✔Carnivorous plants
✔✔Where are large evergreen trees, vines, ferns, and mosses found? - ✔✔Tropical
rainforests
✔✔Boreal Forests include which type of trees? - ✔✔Coniferous trees.
✔✔What percentage of forests in the United States are privately owned? - ✔✔58%.
✔✔What is wetland physical trapping? - ✔✔Wetlands slow water flow, purifying water.
✔✔How much water can one acre of wetlands filter a year? - ✔✔7.3 million gallons.
✔✔What is the national goal for wetlands? - ✔✔No net loss.
✔✔What is Water Quality Trading? - ✔✔Organizations paid to reduce pollution.
✔✔What is density? - ✔✔Number of organisms per unit of area.
✔✔What is fecundity? - ✔✔Potential for reproduction.
✔✔What do density dependent factors involve? - ✔✔Living organisms.
✔✔What do density independent factors involve? - ✔✔Non-living abiotic factors.
✔✔What is putting out food plots? - ✔✔A way to manipulate habitats.
✔✔What defines vulnerable species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 30-50%.
✔✔What defines endangered species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 50-70%.
✔✔What defines critically endangered species? - ✔✔Numbers reduced by 80-90%.
✔✔What is carrying capacity? - ✔✔Maximum population size a habitat can support.
✔✔What are transect counts? - ✔✔Counting individuals while walking in a straight line.
✔✔What is a characteristic of mammals? - ✔✔Presence of hair and mammary glands.
✔✔What is the family Cervidae known for? - ✔✔Presence of antlers.
✔✔What is the family Mephitidae? - ✔✔Skunk.
✔✔What is the family Dasypodidae? - ✔✔Order Didelmorpha.
✔✔What is the Wild Turkey known for? - ✔✔North America's premier non-migratory
game bird.
✔✔What is Order Passeriformes? - ✔✔Perching birds.
✔✔What is a dabbling duck? - ✔✔Example: Northern Shoveler.
, ✔✔When do ducks pair up to mate? - ✔✔Mid-winter or during migration.
✔✔What is sexual dimorphism? - ✔✔Different appearance between male and female.
✔✔What are whistling ducks sometimes called? - ✔✔Tree ducks.
✔✔What triggers migration? - ✔✔Photoperiods.
✔✔What happened to the passenger pigeon? - ✔✔Became extinct.
✔✔What are wildlife resources? - ✔✔Public property belonging to all citizens.
✔✔What was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service originally known as? - ✔✔Bureau of
Biological Survey.
✔✔ Which of the following countries do NOT have taiga habitat? - ✔✔Egypt
✔✔Food, water and wood are all examples of which of the following services provided
by habitats? - ✔✔Provisional
✔✔Which wildlife population significantly declined due to market hunting and loss of
habitat? - ✔✔White-tailed deer
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of restoration? - ✔✔Preservation = non-
use or reduced use to preserve resources.
✔✔Which trees are most common in boreal forests? - ✔✔Coniferous
✔✔What is the most common invasive animal species? - ✔✔Feral hogs.
✔✔Through photosynthesis, how much carbon dioxide can a single tree take in? -
✔✔More than 40 pounds.
✔✔Which would most likely be found in a bog? - ✔✔Carnivorous plants
✔✔Where are large evergreen trees, vines, ferns, and mosses found? - ✔✔Tropical
rainforests
✔✔Boreal Forests include which type of trees? - ✔✔Coniferous trees.
✔✔What percentage of forests in the United States are privately owned? - ✔✔58%.
