WIS 2552 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

There are ______ species of waxwings worldwide. - Ans 3 Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____. - Ans australia Mynas and Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but absent from africa. - Ans false

Janet Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute wrote that in the year 2000, the US imported as much as $330 million in logs taken illegally from Indonesia. - Ans True Harris reported that about ____% of the vertebrates of Old Growth forests were reptiles and amphibians. - Ans 12 The three-toed Woodpecker inhabits the ____ biome. - Ans Taiga

In Africa, South America and Asia, heavy, hook like claws, a long sticky tongue and rudimentary teeth are standard characteristics of species that exploit the ____ niche. - Ans ant-eating The demands of living on low-energy food means that most folivores must conserve energy wherever possible, and this often translates to being very slow. - Ans True Harp seals are an endangered species. - Ans False

A large head, large eyes, a rounded body and short stubby limbs trigger a human urge to _______. - Ans nurture and protect Critics of the capybara harvest charge that _________. - Ans the method of killing is unnecessarily cruel Capybara are giant, semi-aquatic _____. - Ans Rodents

WIS 2552 Exercise 1 & Topics 1-8 Questions and Answers Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes. - Answer️️ -true American Bitterns are in the same group as the _____. - Answer️️ -Herons Numerous species of flightless ____ evolved on oceanic islands. - Answer️️ -rails All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters. - Answer️️ -false Female _____ are brightly colored while the males have a duller plumage. - Answer️️ - phalaropes Kookaburras are related to the ___...

WIS 2552 Exam 2 Material Questions and Answers ___ families of Marsupials occur in Australia. - Answer️️ -15 ____ families of Marsupials occur in South America - Answer️️ -3 A Capuchin is a species of _______ - Answer️️ -New World Monkey About ____ of the Marsupials have a permanent pouch for carrying young. - Answer️️ -1/2 About ____ of all mammal species are in the Order Rodentia. - Answer️️ -40% _____________ are the most arboreal Old World Monkeys. - Answer️️ -...

WIS2552 EXAM 1 UF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The === are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns - Answer️️ -Shrikes === are species that are related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the water - Answer️️ -Skimmers There are ___ native species of crows and jays in New Zealand - Answer️️ -0 In the American Southwest as many as ____ Hummingbird species are known to occur. - Answer️️ -17 The Desert biome lies about ___ degrees n...

WIS2552 Topic 5 Exam Questions and Answers A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida. - Answer️️ -True There are no native species of chameleons in Madagascar. - Answer️️ -False The Tree Lizards inhabit ____. - Answer️️ -pinyon-juniper woodland The Eye-lash viper has a ____ between the eye and nostril. - Answer️️ -heat detecting pit The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may possibly become a threat to native ____. - Answer️️ -Burrowing Owls The ____ Pytho...

WIS2552 Exercise 3 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Scientists conducted domestication experiments on Paca in ____. - Answer️️ - Panama It is legal to hunt alligators in Florida. - Answer️️ -True Some Venezuelan ranch owners are more inclined to protect wetlands because they support capybara. - Answer️️ -True One ton of rabbits can be produced in ____. - Answer️️ -3 months Frugivores like the ____ are popular as wild game but difficult and expensive to farm. - Answer️️...