Fw104 Exam 3

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From you reading which of the following is most likely the explanation for how Bernese pythons have been introduced into Florida Everglades

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Pet owners released them

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A non-essential experimental status for a species or population means that

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It treated as threatened and allows for management flexibility

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Tragedy of the Commons is best represented by which of the following

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Plastic pollution in the ocean

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In the video can oceans keep up with the hunt they stated that sustainable aquaculture needs to

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Focus on omnivores

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The Endangered Species Act gives us the __________ opportunity for management

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Federal government

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Regional disturbances might include which of the following

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Floods

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Disturbance:

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Periods of change, destruction, or removal of ecosystem components

1. Often followed by a recovery period

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Minor/ local disturbances:

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Tree fall, never dams, wallows

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Severe/ regional disturbances:

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Fire, floods, hurricanes, clear cuts

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Discrete disturbance:

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Clear beginning and end.

1. Wind storm

2. Avaloanch

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Constant disturbances:

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Continuous, with no clear end.

1. Pollution

2. Wood harvesting

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Natural disturbances:

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Often an integral part of many functioning ecosystems.

1. Biological diversity may depend upon natural disturbances

2. Fire, floods, avalanches, hurricane, beetle kill, animal burrows and wallows

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Anthropogenic disturbances:

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Human caused, often negatively impacts biodiversity (timber harvesting)

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Ecological succession:

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Process of community development over time until a relatively stable stage in community development is reached called a climax comunity

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Edward Grambine's ecosystem management: (5 Goals)

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1.viable populations

2. Native ecosystem types

3. Ecological processes maintained

4. Long time periods

5. Accommodate human use and occupancy

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Edward Grambine's ecosystem management: (10 dominant themes)

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1. Hierarchical context

2. Ecological boundaries

3. Ecological integrity

4.data collection

5. Monitoring

6. Adaptive management

7. Interagency cooperation

8. Organizational change

9. Humans embedded in nature

10. Values

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3 phases of conserving an endangered species:

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1. Identification

2. Protection

3. Recovery

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Endangered species:

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Any species or sub-species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range

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Threatens species:

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Any species or sub-species ...

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Critical habitat:

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...

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Candidate species:

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Sufficient information exists on biological vulnerability and threats to support a proposal to list

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Albedo:

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Some solar radiation is reflected ...

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Climate forcing :

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Things that change the balance between incoming and outgoing energy in the climate systems are called forcings

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Climate forcings: (Natural)

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Solar flare, volcano

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Climate forcings: (man made(anthropogenic)

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Air pollution, green house gasses

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Tipping point:

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At some point we may put more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere...

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Polar bears need ice and...

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The timing of the ice mattered for the polar bear

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Indicator species:

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...

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Umbrella species:

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.....

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Wildlife:

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A non domesticated species

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Feral species:

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...

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Invasive species:

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...

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The study of reptiles an amphibians is called

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Herpetology

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Reptiles: turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes

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1. Scales, plates, shells

2.have nails

3. Have lungs

4. Lay eggs/ hard shell

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Amphibians: newts, salamanders, frogs, toads

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1. Moist smooth skin

2. Lungs, gills and can breath threw there skin

3. Lay eggs / soft gell-like

4. Mesomorphs

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Bet hedging:

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Spreading risk

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6 major threats to amphibians:

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1. Habitat loss

2.disease and parasites

3. Climate change

4. Pollution

5. Invasive species

6. Unsustainable use

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The rate at which primary producers capture and store energy in a given interval is called

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Primary productivity

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Gross primary productivity:

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The total rate of photosynthesis for an ecosystem during a specified interval

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The rate of energy storage in plant tissues minus metabolic activity that uses energy is called

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Net primary productivity

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Pelagic zone:

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The water in the ocean

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Benthic zone:

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Is the ocean floor

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Point source pollution:

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A Specific source identified

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Non- point source pollution:

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You can not identify the source of the pollution

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Currently the number one reason that species are going extinct is

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Habitat loss

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Which of the following is true about the current status of polar bears

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They are classified as threatened

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The oceans unflushable toilet is called a

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Gyre

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Which of the following is not a reptile

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Salamander

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Which of the following is not a reason why herps are difficult to study

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Frog and toad calls all sound alike such that we need to capture them to accurately identify different species (false)

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Which of the following area problems of plastics in the ocean

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Entanglement, digestive tract blocks, chemically contaminated pellets

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Net primary productivity in an ecosystem is

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The total amount of energy produced through photosynthesis - the cost of respiration

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Which of the following results from nonpoint pollution

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Loss of wetlands, hypoxic zones, eutrophication

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Which of the following is not representative of anthropogenic disturbances

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Typhoons

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Which of the following is the leading cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

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Cattle ranching

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Which of the following are recognized sources are pathways of invasive aquatic species

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Fish stocking, boat ballasts, aquarium trade

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Melting of the ice caps under global warming includes the following repercussions

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Less access to ice holes by polar bears, increased oil and gas activity in northern Alaska, more absorption of the sun's energy into the ocean, changes in weather patterns

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From the video on grizzly bears in what order do grizzly bears move through food sources starting in the spring

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Young elk, trout, moths, pine seeds

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From the movie on grizzly bears in the 1970s grizzly bears were forced to stop eating

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Garbage

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Which of the following is NOT included in Grumbine's dominant themes for ecosystem management

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Focusing on feature to species populations

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Land that are primarily manage for threaten endangered or candidate species to offset adverse impacts to these species that occurred elsewhere

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Conservation banking

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Agreement with participating property owners that if they engage in certain conservation practices they will not have to implement additional conservation measures should the at-risk species eventually be listed

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Candidate conservation agreements with assurances

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Documentation that is required as part of an application for an incidental take permit

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Safe harbor

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Lay eggs with a hard shell

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Reptile

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Have larval stage

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Amphibian

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Breathe through their skin

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Amphibian

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Destructive to soils and crops carry diseases spread rapidly across the US

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Feral swine

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Invasive species introduced as a biological control

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Cane toad

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Listed species in Colorado- decline due to chytrid fungus

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Boreal toad

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An alien ( non-native to the area, exotic) species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health

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Invasive species

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Previously domesticated animal now running wild

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Feral species

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The intentional or unintentional escape, release, dissemination or placement of a species into an ecosystem as a result of human activity

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Introduced species

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T/F the tympanic membrane is a gland at the back of the toads head that contains poisons that can be released when threatened

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False

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T/F herbicide sprayed on agricultural fields are an example of point source pollution

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False

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T/F an avalanche is an example of discreet disturbance.

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True

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T/F a Kennedy species is protected by the Endangered Species Act to the same extent as a threatened species

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False

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T/F nearly one-third of all in Fabians are threatened with extinction

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True

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T/F critical habitat may include areas not occupied by a species at the time of listing but that are determined essential to its conservation

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True

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T/F phytoplankton produce more oxygen than all of the plant life on Earth

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True

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T/F reptiles must have terrestrial and aquatic habitats during their life cycle

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False

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T/F hypoxic zones are areas where there is little to no oxygen

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True

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T/F any citizen can petition to list a species under the Endangered Species Act

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True

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T/F the critical habitat identified as necessary for polar bear recovery was supported by local community and a successful designation by the USFWS

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False

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T/F high toxicity in nudes and its relation with garter snakes is representative of competitive exclusion

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False

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T/F distinct subpopulations of invertebrates and vertebrates can be listed as threatened and or endangered

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True

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T/F bleaching of coral reefs is caused by nonpoint source household products in the ocean

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False

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T/F animals outside of the United States are listed as endangered on the Endangered Species Act

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True

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T/F the definition of an introduced species includes reference to economic or environmental harm to humans

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False

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T/F pocket are one species that have been positively affected by climate change

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False

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T/F the tipping point of global warming is the point when anthropogenic inputs of carbon reach a level where the earth as a system can no longer regulate increase carbon and temperature levels

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True