for prof Linda-Harris

1) Which of these animals could be described as feral? (1point) A. A Siberian tiger born and living in a zoo. B. A gray house mouse living in your pantry. C. A cat allowed to roam outside the home whenever it wants. D. A horse living in a wild state on a remote section of public land in Nevada. E. None of these examples are of a "feral" animal.

2) In the film, Cost of Freedom, wolf B36 mated with which wolf? (1 point)

A. Judas wolf B. A36 C. the Old Man D. B37 E. Romulus

3) Connecticut statute defines wildlife as "all species of invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals which are ferae naturae or wild by nature." Animals that are wild by nature are calledferae naturae, and possession is a means of acquiring title to suchanimals. The European mantis is not native to Connecticut. It originated in Northern Africa, Southern Europe, and temperate areas of Asia. Under the definition above of wildlife in Connecticut, the European mantis pictured below would legally be considered "wildlife." (1 point)

A. True B. False 4) Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic of a population? (1 point)

A. Geographic distribution B. Age distribution C. All of these answers are characteristics of populations

D. Density (animals/unit area) E. Sex ratio (%females:%males)

5) When discussing natural selection as an evolutionary process, "fitness" refers to the overall strength and vigor of a plant or animal. (1 point)

A. True B. False

6) ___________________________________ are a species present on campus. They are a management concern because of issues with flocks of them crashing into windows on campus. (1 point)

A. Canada geese B. European starlings C. Black-headed grosbeaks D. Cedar waxwings E. American robins

7) A species is best defined as a group of organisms living together in a defined geographic area. (1 point)

A. True B. False

8) A biotic community is an assemblage of two or more populations of different species occupying the same geographical area. (1 point)

A. True B. False

9) In Utah, “wildlife” is defined by state statute as “crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish; mollusks; and vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals.” According to this definition, what selection below would not be classified as wildlife in Utah? (1point)

A. the state bird of Utah, California gull B. In Utah, all of these examples would be considered wildlife C. the Utah state tree, blue spruce D. the Utah state fish, Bonneville Cutthroat Trout E. the state mammal for Utah, Rocky Mountain elk

10) One of the important similarities between individuals and populations is that both share the fundamental properties of growth, pain perception, and density. (1point)

A. True B. False

11) The musical song of the _________________________________________ is a familiar sound of spring. It’s a string of 10 or so clear whistles assembled from a few often-repeated syllables, and often described as cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up. (1point)

12) In community interactions, when both species benefit from the interaction (++), this interaction is best described as _________________________________. (1point) 13) For the 10 species of sea turtles, all are considered threatened or endangered. (1point)

A. True B. False

14) This animal is a ____Gray Wolf______________________________.(1point) 15) The glands in the heads of African elephants that produce secretions during period of stress are called "musth glands." (1point)

A. True B. False

16) You are interested in determining the number of raccoons living in the Logan area. You set out traps in Logan for a week, and during that time you capture 24 raccoons. You tag these raccoons with unique tags and release them where they were captured. Two weeks later, you trap raccoons in Salt Lake City. As before, you set out the same number of traps for a week, and capture and tag 140 raccoons. You trap again in Salt Lake City two weeks after that, and capture 101 raccoons, with 23 raccoons bearing tags. Based on this effort, what is your estimate for the number of raccoons in the Logan area? (1point)

A. You cannot determine the Logan population from this data set. B. 614 C. 146 D. 105

17) According to Carl Safina, when Amboseli elephants hear recorded voices of researchers, Maasai herders, and Kamba farmers, they show fear only to ____________________________. (1point) 18) Without humans killing them, elephants tend to die of old age (around 60 years) because their legs finally give way due to the years of supporting a body that weighs thousands of pounds. (1point)

A. True B. False

19) There are _________________ species of elephants living today. (1point) 20) In radio-telemetry, the error polygon refers to the magnetic error associated with an animal being located directly due north of the receiving antenna. (1point)

A. True B. False