WIS2552 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
species with intrinsic rates of population increase are less resilient to harvest - CORRECT
ANSWER low
an unexpected consequence of the bushmeat trade is the threat to plant species that depend on
animals for - CORRECT ANSWER pollination and seed dispersal
hunting can lower the age of first reproduction in a hunted species - CORRECT
ANSWER true
primate populations in equatorial guinea have been reduced by in some areas - CORRECT
ANSWER 90%
changes in hunting/technology radically affect hunting. wire snares and shotguns allow hunters
to be more and
less - CORRECT ANSWER effective/discriminating
in indochina many large animals have been almost eliminated by hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER true
leopolds classic treatise on game management argues for the use of natural resources without
destroying the possibility of future generations using them - CORRECT ANSWER true
according to the red list hunting is responsible for the decline of mammals and birds threatened
with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER 1/3
,for the sake of our bushmeat discussion kinda of hunting are defined - CORRECT
ANSWER 2
according to moulton, early hunters probably helped wipe out in new zealand - CORRECT
ANSWER moas
leopolds model of resource use was based on management of upland game, habitat management
and - CORRECT ANSWER control of hunting
rodents pangolins and primates make up about of the bushmeat taken in west and central africa -
CORRECT ANSWER 1/4
species are more resilient to harvest if they - CORRECT ANSWER can recolonize easily
subsistence hunting occurs when forest people sell the animals they kill to other people living in
the same village - CORRECT ANSWER false
humans often select for species which can change the composition or the biological community -
CORRECT ANSWER granivorous and frugivorous
communal nesting birds are especially vulnerable to harvest - CORRECT ANSWER true
in the DRC the duiker populations have declined due to subsistence hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER 43%
according to the red list of threatened species human hunting is responsible for the decline of
mammals and birds threatened with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER one third
one of the major factors that causes a shift to non sustainable hunting is when nomadic tribes
become - CORRECT ANSWER sedentary
,species that are vulnerable to local extinction are usually - CORRECT ANSWER large bodied
hunting population densities of hunted species - CORRECT ANSWER lowers
bushmeat trade in primates is causing concern because new strains of an hiv like virus are
infecting people who eat duikers - CORRECT ANSWER false
many markets in indochina now only sell birds bats and frogs because - CORRECT
ANSWER large animals are nearly gone
human hunting increases the population of predators - CORRECT ANSWER false
sustainable hunting occurs when people hunt for the sole purpose of providing for themselves
and their family - CORRECT ANSWER false
a major difference between the european and north african system of wildlife management is that
in europe the wildlife belongs to the - CORRECT ANSWER landowner
for tropical forest species the morality from hunting is largely to natural morality - CORRECT
ANSWER additive
wildlife trade monitoring network of the iucn and the wwf - CORRECT ANSWER traffic
water birds of several spexies have increased in new york harbor - CORRECT ANSWER true
some reptiles exhibit temperature sex determination - CORRECT ANSWER true
, according to moulton global warming will be greatest in sub arctic boreal forests of siberia and
north america - CORRECT ANSWER true
if no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists predict that the planets
average temp will increase by in 50 years - CORRECT ANSWER 2-3 degrees C
the US park service is an agency under the department of the - CORRECT ANSWER interior
kyoto protocol is an agreement among nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the us agreed to
join - CORRECT ANSWER false
effects of global warming will be felt most severely in developed countries - CORRECT
ANSWER false
as rising temps disrupt natural systems most species will
not be able to migrate or change behavior - CORRECT ANSWER true
tortuguera is a protected area in - CORRECT ANSWER costa rica
driving a car generates more greenhouse gas than almost anything you do - CORRECT
ANSWER true
levels of several important gases have increased by about percent in the last 150 years -
CORRECT ANSWER 25%
spring in alaska now arrives 2 weeks earlier than in 1950 - CORRECT ANSWER true
helped restore pop of water birds in NY harbor - CORRECT ANSWER clean water act
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
species with intrinsic rates of population increase are less resilient to harvest - CORRECT
ANSWER low
an unexpected consequence of the bushmeat trade is the threat to plant species that depend on
animals for - CORRECT ANSWER pollination and seed dispersal
hunting can lower the age of first reproduction in a hunted species - CORRECT
ANSWER true
primate populations in equatorial guinea have been reduced by in some areas - CORRECT
ANSWER 90%
changes in hunting/technology radically affect hunting. wire snares and shotguns allow hunters
to be more and
less - CORRECT ANSWER effective/discriminating
in indochina many large animals have been almost eliminated by hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER true
leopolds classic treatise on game management argues for the use of natural resources without
destroying the possibility of future generations using them - CORRECT ANSWER true
according to the red list hunting is responsible for the decline of mammals and birds threatened
with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER 1/3
,for the sake of our bushmeat discussion kinda of hunting are defined - CORRECT
ANSWER 2
according to moulton, early hunters probably helped wipe out in new zealand - CORRECT
ANSWER moas
leopolds model of resource use was based on management of upland game, habitat management
and - CORRECT ANSWER control of hunting
rodents pangolins and primates make up about of the bushmeat taken in west and central africa -
CORRECT ANSWER 1/4
species are more resilient to harvest if they - CORRECT ANSWER can recolonize easily
subsistence hunting occurs when forest people sell the animals they kill to other people living in
the same village - CORRECT ANSWER false
humans often select for species which can change the composition or the biological community -
CORRECT ANSWER granivorous and frugivorous
communal nesting birds are especially vulnerable to harvest - CORRECT ANSWER true
in the DRC the duiker populations have declined due to subsistence hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER 43%
according to the red list of threatened species human hunting is responsible for the decline of
mammals and birds threatened with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER one third
one of the major factors that causes a shift to non sustainable hunting is when nomadic tribes
become - CORRECT ANSWER sedentary
,species that are vulnerable to local extinction are usually - CORRECT ANSWER large bodied
hunting population densities of hunted species - CORRECT ANSWER lowers
bushmeat trade in primates is causing concern because new strains of an hiv like virus are
infecting people who eat duikers - CORRECT ANSWER false
many markets in indochina now only sell birds bats and frogs because - CORRECT
ANSWER large animals are nearly gone
human hunting increases the population of predators - CORRECT ANSWER false
sustainable hunting occurs when people hunt for the sole purpose of providing for themselves
and their family - CORRECT ANSWER false
a major difference between the european and north african system of wildlife management is that
in europe the wildlife belongs to the - CORRECT ANSWER landowner
for tropical forest species the morality from hunting is largely to natural morality - CORRECT
ANSWER additive
wildlife trade monitoring network of the iucn and the wwf - CORRECT ANSWER traffic
water birds of several spexies have increased in new york harbor - CORRECT ANSWER true
some reptiles exhibit temperature sex determination - CORRECT ANSWER true
, according to moulton global warming will be greatest in sub arctic boreal forests of siberia and
north america - CORRECT ANSWER true
if no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists predict that the planets
average temp will increase by in 50 years - CORRECT ANSWER 2-3 degrees C
the US park service is an agency under the department of the - CORRECT ANSWER interior
kyoto protocol is an agreement among nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the us agreed to
join - CORRECT ANSWER false
effects of global warming will be felt most severely in developed countries - CORRECT
ANSWER false
as rising temps disrupt natural systems most species will
not be able to migrate or change behavior - CORRECT ANSWER true
tortuguera is a protected area in - CORRECT ANSWER costa rica
driving a car generates more greenhouse gas than almost anything you do - CORRECT
ANSWER true
levels of several important gases have increased by about percent in the last 150 years -
CORRECT ANSWER 25%
spring in alaska now arrives 2 weeks earlier than in 1950 - CORRECT ANSWER true
helped restore pop of water birds in NY harbor - CORRECT ANSWER clean water act
