WIS2552 EXAM 1 UF UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The === are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns - CORRECT
ANSWER - Shrikes
=== are species that are related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the
water - CORRECT ANSWER - Skimmers
There are ___ native species of crows and jays in New Zealand - CORRECT ANSWER -
0
In the American Southwest as many as ____ Hummingbird species are known to occur. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 17
The Desert biome lies about ___ degrees north and south of the equator. - CORRECT
ANSWER - 30
According to one reference there are ___ species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
CORRECT ANSWER - 51
North American grasslands once supported ____ Buffalo. - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
million
about half the species of birds in the world belong to the order - CORRECT ANSWER -
passeriformes
about species of birds in the world - CORRECT ANSWER - 9700
,According to a book by Baldasarre, Bolen, and Sayre, a female Snow Goose can lose up to _%
of her body masss during the nesting cycle - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
according to a team of researchers, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents except -
CORRECT ANSWER - australia
according to darwin's theory a bat's wing is homologous with a - CORRECT ANSWER -
penguin flipper
according to lewis wolpert is the most important event in a person's life - CORRECT
ANSWER - gastrulation
According to one reference there are--- species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
CORRECT ANSWER - 51
according to the florida museum of natural history, there are species of crocodilians worldwide -
CORRECT ANSWER - 23
according to theory of "inheritance of acquired characteristics" individuals transformed
following - CORRECT ANSWER - perceived environmental stress
according to theory of natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER - ore individuals of a
species are born than can survive
Acid rain is a threat that has particularly affected _____ in North America - CORRECT
ANSWER - temperate forests
across the tundra the annual rainfall averages ___ per year - CORRECT ANSWER - <25
the african pygmy elephant appears to be morphologically similar to ____ of south america -
CORRECT ANSWER - capybara
,african ratites introduced to australia - CORRECT ANSWER - ostriches
african sleeping sickness is caused by a - CORRECT ANSWER - protist
albatrosses are grouped with the - CORRECT ANSWER - Shearwaters
all chordate characteristics are seen through the lives of the individual - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
all members of the phylum chordata share characters - CORRECT ANSWER -4
All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters - CORRECT ANSWER - False
All plovers either lack or have a vestigial (=reduced) ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - Hallux
all turtles are egg layers - CORRECT ANSWER - true
although extinct in the wild in the 1970s the arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the nation of -
CORRECT ANSWER - oman
American Bitterns are in the same group as the - CORRECT ANSWER - herons
american crocodile is still found on various islands in the caribbean - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
american crocodiles are widespread and abundant in florida - CORRECT ANSWER - false
, ammonia is a gas and has chemical formula - CORRECT ANSWER - nh3
among the amphibia several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
the anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as the - CORRECT ANSWER -
pelicans
anole is a common species introduced to florida - CORRECT ANSWER - cuban
another name for primary producers - CORRECT ANSWER - autotroph
The ____ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession -
CORRECT ANSWER - Rufous-sided Towhee
the archenteron forms from the - CORRECT ANSWER - blastocoel
____ are arboreal foliovores of the australian temperate forests - CORRECT ANSWER -
koalas
___ are a species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandable in
the water - CORRECT ANSWER - skimmers
______ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra - CORRECT
ANSWER - snow geese
_____ are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites - CORRECT
ANSWER - numbats
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The === are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns - CORRECT
ANSWER - Shrikes
=== are species that are related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the
water - CORRECT ANSWER - Skimmers
There are ___ native species of crows and jays in New Zealand - CORRECT ANSWER -
0
In the American Southwest as many as ____ Hummingbird species are known to occur. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 17
The Desert biome lies about ___ degrees north and south of the equator. - CORRECT
ANSWER - 30
According to one reference there are ___ species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
CORRECT ANSWER - 51
North American grasslands once supported ____ Buffalo. - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
million
about half the species of birds in the world belong to the order - CORRECT ANSWER -
passeriformes
about species of birds in the world - CORRECT ANSWER - 9700
,According to a book by Baldasarre, Bolen, and Sayre, a female Snow Goose can lose up to _%
of her body masss during the nesting cycle - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
according to a team of researchers, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents except -
CORRECT ANSWER - australia
according to darwin's theory a bat's wing is homologous with a - CORRECT ANSWER -
penguin flipper
according to lewis wolpert is the most important event in a person's life - CORRECT
ANSWER - gastrulation
According to one reference there are--- species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone -
CORRECT ANSWER - 51
according to the florida museum of natural history, there are species of crocodilians worldwide -
CORRECT ANSWER - 23
according to theory of "inheritance of acquired characteristics" individuals transformed
following - CORRECT ANSWER - perceived environmental stress
according to theory of natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER - ore individuals of a
species are born than can survive
Acid rain is a threat that has particularly affected _____ in North America - CORRECT
ANSWER - temperate forests
across the tundra the annual rainfall averages ___ per year - CORRECT ANSWER - <25
the african pygmy elephant appears to be morphologically similar to ____ of south america -
CORRECT ANSWER - capybara
,african ratites introduced to australia - CORRECT ANSWER - ostriches
african sleeping sickness is caused by a - CORRECT ANSWER - protist
albatrosses are grouped with the - CORRECT ANSWER - Shearwaters
all chordate characteristics are seen through the lives of the individual - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
all members of the phylum chordata share characters - CORRECT ANSWER -4
All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters - CORRECT ANSWER - False
All plovers either lack or have a vestigial (=reduced) ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - Hallux
all turtles are egg layers - CORRECT ANSWER - true
although extinct in the wild in the 1970s the arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the nation of -
CORRECT ANSWER - oman
American Bitterns are in the same group as the - CORRECT ANSWER - herons
american crocodile is still found on various islands in the caribbean - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
american crocodiles are widespread and abundant in florida - CORRECT ANSWER - false
, ammonia is a gas and has chemical formula - CORRECT ANSWER - nh3
among the amphibia several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
the anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as the - CORRECT ANSWER -
pelicans
anole is a common species introduced to florida - CORRECT ANSWER - cuban
another name for primary producers - CORRECT ANSWER - autotroph
The ____ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession -
CORRECT ANSWER - Rufous-sided Towhee
the archenteron forms from the - CORRECT ANSWER - blastocoel
____ are arboreal foliovores of the australian temperate forests - CORRECT ANSWER -
koalas
___ are a species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandable in
the water - CORRECT ANSWER - skimmers
______ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra - CORRECT
ANSWER - snow geese
_____ are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites - CORRECT
ANSWER - numbats
