Wildlife Exam Notes
Wildlife Issues Topic Answers
Reading One
1 Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that Brown-tree Snake predation was the cause of declines of forest bird populations on Guam. 2 Recently, the National Park Service banned snow-mobiling in Denali Nation Park. 3 The National Audubon Society of today is an offshoot of the Massachusetts state Audubon society. 4 False: Wildlife issues or other environmental issues should be resolved based on public opinion as the majority is never wrong. 5 Following the passage of the net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use tarps to catch fish. 6 Recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of Swainson’s Hawks in Argentina. 7 Management efforts on the Kaibab Plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing the public. 8 Arizona is the state with the largest number of wild burros. 9 When campaigning for a certain cause it is important to win whenever possible in order to generate positive propaganda. 10 The waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order Anseriformes. 11 True: Bear-baiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India. 12 Vavilov was the Soviet geneticist who argued against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temperatures with no regard for natural cold tolerance. 13 The original Biological Survey was under the Department of Agriculture. 14 False: The pro-boating group in Florida is made up exclusively of boat owners. 15 According to Moulton there are basically 2 categories of wildlife issues. 16 False: Pittman-Robertson money is only used legally for game species. 17 In order for the public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first be concerned about the issue. 18 False: Beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe in them. 19 Washington is a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses. 20 When the use of Greater Sandhill
Reading One
1 Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that Brown-tree Snake predation was the cause of declines of forest bird populations on Guam. 2 Recently, the National Park Service banned snow-mobiling in Denali Nation Park. 3 The National Audubon Society of today is an offshoot of the Massachusetts state Audubon society. 4 False: Wildlife issues or other environmental issues should be resolved based on public opinion as the majority is never wrong. 5 Following the passage of the net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use tarps to catch fish. 6 Recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of Swainson’s Hawks in Argentina. 7 Management efforts on the Kaibab Plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing the public. 8 Arizona is the state with the largest number of wild burros. 9 When campaigning for a certain cause it is important to win whenever possible in order to generate positive propaganda. 10 The waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order Anseriformes. 11 True: Bear-baiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India. 12 Vavilov was the Soviet geneticist who argued against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temperatures with no regard for natural cold tolerance. 13 The original Biological Survey was under the Department of Agriculture. 14 False: The pro-boating group in Florida is made up exclusively of boat owners. 15 According to Moulton there are basically 2 categories of wildlife issues. 16 False: Pittman-Robertson money is only used legally for game species. 17 In order for the public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first be concerned about the issue. 18 False: Beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe in them. 19 Washington is a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses. 20 When the use of Greater Sandhill