Biodiversity Conservation Topics 5-6

Front 1

The Mexican Parrot Snake is a _____ type forager.

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seize and swallow

Front 2

American Crocodiles are widespread and abundant in Florida.

Back 2

False

Front 3

The ____ are very fast predators that feed by running down their prey.

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Whiptails

Front 4

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, there are ____ species of crocodilians worldwide

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23

Front 5

The Desert Iguana is indigenous to ____.

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The American southwest

Front 6

The ____ Python has been introduced to the everglades and apparently is becoming established there.

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Burmese

Front 7

The ____ is a scavenger that may occasionally kill and eat mammals.

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Komodo dragon

Front 8

Pythons differ from boas in that boas are ____.

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live-bearing

Front 9

The giant salamander is ____. in length

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1.6 meters

Front 10

Chameleons are able to change their body color because of specialized cells called ____.

Back 10

chromatophores

Front 11

Snake venom is made of ____.

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proteins

Front 12

The Spadefoot toads are native to ____.

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North America

Front 13

Salamanders reach their highest diversity in ____.

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Northern Hemisphere

Front 14

A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida

Back 14

True

Front 15

The Nile Crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in ____.

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Africa

Front 16

Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for ____.

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burrowing

Front 17

Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ____.

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Australia

Front 18

Cone-nosed toads are adapted for burrowing.

Back 18

True

Front 19

The ____ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.

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Green Iguana

Front 20

In Florida, alligators are hunted recreationally.

Back 20

True

Front 21

The ____ is the largest species of seaturtle

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Leatherback

Front 22

THe American Crocodile is still found on various islands in the Caribbean.

Back 22

True

Front 23

An endemic family of frogs is found on a series of oceanic islands formed by ____.

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continental drift

Front 24

The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called ____.

Back 24

carapace

Front 25

Smaller lizards are mostly adapted for eating ____.

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insects

Front 26

____ lizards feed on eggs, small mammals and birds.

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Monitor

Front 27

Among the Amphibia, several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults.

Back 27

False

Front 28

All turtles are egg layers.

Back 28

True

Front 29

The ____ are lizards with specially adapted toe pads for clinging to vertical surfaces.

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geckos

Front 30

The less evolutionary advanced salamanders are mostly ____.

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aquatic

Front 31

The Tree Lizards inhabit ____.

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pinyon-juniper woodland

Front 32

There are no native species of chameleons on Madagascar.

Back 32

False

Front 33

Parthenogenesis is seen in about 1/3 of the species in the lizard genus ____.

Back 33

Cnemidiphorous

Front 34

The ____ gecko is a common introduced gecko in Gainesville, Florida.

Back 34

Mediterranean

Front 35

There are roughly ____ species of caecilians

Back 35

165

Front 36

The largest salamander is native to ____.

Back 36

Japan

Front 37

A species of Poison Arrow Frog has been successfully introduced to the Baltimore area where it has been implicated in the reduction of cockroaches.

Back 37

False

Front 38

The ____ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida.

Back 38

Cuban

Front 39

Garter Snakes are ____ type foragers.

Back 39

Seize and Swallow

Front 40

The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may possibly become a threat to native ____.

Back 40

burrowing owls

Front 41

The development of young from unfertilized eggs is called ____.

Back 41

parthenogenesis

Front 42

There are roughly ____ species of salamanders.

Back 42

310

Front 43

Of the sea turtles, only the ____ is chiefly herbivorous

Back 43

Green Sea Turtle

Front 44

Temperature-dependent sex determination was discovered in a study of ____.

Back 44

Red-eared turtles

Front 45

The term "plastron" refers to part of a turtle's ____.

Back 45

shell

Front 46

According to a team of researches, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents accept ____.

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Australia

Front 47

The eye-lash viper has a ____ between the eye and nostril.

Back 47

Heat detecting pit

Front 48

The modern order Squamata most likely descended from the fossil reptile group _____.

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Archosauria

Front 49

albatrosses are grouped with the ____.

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Shearwaters

Front 50

Pelagic birds like the tubenoses live in ____.

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far out at sea

Front 51

Rheas have ____ toes per foot.

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3

Front 52

Swans and geese tend to be plumage ____.

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monochromatic

Front 53

Several captively bred California Condors have been released in ____.

Back 53

Arizona

Front 54

The Hoatzin is a species native to ____.

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South America

Front 55

Emus have ____ toes per foot.

Back 55

3

Front 56

Collecting bird nests and eggs was once a popular pastime for the wealthy.

Back 56

True

Front 57

There are ____ species of Mergansers in North America.

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3

Front 58

There are actually ____ species of kiwi.

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3

Front 59

Grebes are loon-like birds with ____ feet.

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lobed

Front 60

The whistling ducks were once called ____ ducks.

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tree

Front 61

The elephant bird was native to New Guinea

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False

Front 62

____ wrote a fascinating book called The Island Waterfowl

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Milton Weller

Front 63

The ____ is an example of a perching duck that is native to South America

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Muscovy

Front 64

Diving ducks and dabbling ducks tend to be plumage ____.

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dichromatic

Front 65

Ratite birds are characterized by having a ____.

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flat sternum

Front 66

Of the ratites only the ____ has just two toes.

Back 66

Ostrich

Front 67

____ are an example of a dabbling duck.

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Mallards

Front 68

BIrds descended from the subclass ____ of fossil reptiles.

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Archosauria

Front 69

Species in the pelican - cormorant group have ____ feet.

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totipalmate

Front 70

The ____ are an example of a diving duck.

Back 70

Scoup

Front 71

Loons have suffered declines on their breeding grounds because of ____.

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acid rain

Front 72

Dabbling Ducks generally feed in ____>

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shallow water

Front 73

The Anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as ____.

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pelicans

Front 74

THe ____ was once called a pigeon hawk.

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Merlin

Front 75

Diving ducks mostly feed on ____.

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invertebrates

Front 76

About half the species of birds in the world belong to the order ____.

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Passeriformes

Front 77

The ____ has claws on its wings to help it climb through vegetation.

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Hoatzin

Front 78

White pelicans differ from other members in the order in that they do not ____.

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dive from the air for food

Front 79

The ____ are broad-winged soaring species.

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Buteos

Front 80

The ____ were African ratites introduced to Australia

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Ostriches

Front 81

There are about ____ species of bird.

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9700

Front 82

The ____ is considered a sea duck even though it lives mostly inland.

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Common Goldeneye

Front 83

In various species of grouse, the males come to a common site called a ____ to attempt to attract mates by inflating air sacs and chasing other males.

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Lek

Front 84

In England ____ is another name for loons

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divers

Front 85

Petrels are related to ____.

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Shearwaters

Front 86

The ____ is one species of bird with a keen sense of smell.

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turkey vulture

Front 87

The ___ are long-tailed, short-winged acrobatic fliers that mostly feed on birds.

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Accipiters