Chapter 4 Review Questions |
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Wildlife
conservation ensures that __________.
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hunting seasons established by Kublai Kahn will continue
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no animals are ever harvested
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natural resources can be drawn on despite unwise use
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renewable resources can replenish themselves indefinitely
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| 2. |
A habitat
for wildlife must include __________.
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space, arrangement, food, cover, and water
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brush and rocks, predators, water, and space
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space, vegetation, food, and resting and breeding places
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cover, predators, large area, arrangement, and food
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| 3. |
The "carrying
capacity" of a wildlife area is the
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| 4. |
List four
factors that can limit wildlife populations.
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| 5. |
Hunting is
an effective wildlife conservation tool because __________.
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funding from hunting licenses helps many game and non-game species
recover from dwindling populations
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hunters play an important role by supplying wildlife managers with
needed information from the field
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hunting contributes to threatened or endangered wildlife
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both a. and b.
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| 6. |
By continuously
monitoring the birth rate and death rate of various species and the condition
of their habitat, wildlife managers __________.
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know how to set hunting regulations and determine if other management
practices are needed to conserve wildlife species
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know when to ignore hunting regulations they set earlier
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can obtain data to eliminate wildlife species
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both b. and c.
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| 7. |
Trapping
and relocating animals is an example of the __________ wildlife management
practice.
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hunting
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artificial stocking
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setting bag limits and legal methods for taking wildlife
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habitat improvement
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| 8. |
Some species
are protected by law from being hunted because __________.
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they are predators for a pest species
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they are migrating
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their death rate is high
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their numbers are small
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| 9. |
It is critical
that hunters are able to identify wildlife correctly so that they don't
mistakenly __________.
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harvest illegal game animals or non-game animals
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confuse horns with antlers
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confuse cloven hooves with cud chewers
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confuse meat-eating animals with those that eat meat as well as plants
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