WIS 2552 exam 1

Darwin published "Origin of Species" in ____.

1859

There is(are) _____ mechanisms for sexual selection to follow.

2

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

23

As described in the Biome Reference chapter North American grasslands fall into ___ broad zones

3

Emus have ____ toe per feet.

3

Rheas have _____ toe per foot.

3

There are ___ species of Waxwings worldwide

3

There are ____ embryonic tissue layers.

3

There are ____ species of Mergansers in North America.

3

There are ______ species of waxwings worldwide.

3

There are actually ____ species of kiwi.

3

The Desert biome lies about ___ degrees north and south of the equator

30

There are roughly ____ species of salamanders.

310

Most woodpeckers have feet with ___ toes

4

Richard Yahner of Pennsylvania State University wrote a book that classified Eastern Deciduous forests into ___

4

all members of the phylum chordata share characters

4

Most scientists think the Earth is __ years old

4.5 Billion

Most scientists think the earth is ___ years old.

4.5 billion.

According to a book by Baldasarre, Bolen, and Sayre, a female Snow Goose can lose up to ___% of her body mass

40

According to one reference there are ___ species of hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone

51

According to one reference there are _____ species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone.

51

North American grasslands once supported ___ Buffalo

60 million

The Pleistocene Epoch ended roughly __ years ago.

8000

There are about ______ species of birds in the world.

9700

Across the Tundra the annual rainfall averages ___ past year

<25 cm

Energy in biological systems mostly exists in the form of ____ molecules.

ATP

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

Accipiters

"Lining" is a stop-gap measure to protect lakes from the effects of ___

Acid Rain

Historically, grasslands in ___ are especially rich in large grazing herbivore species

Africa

The nile crocodile is the largest crocodile species in _____.

Africa

Lampreys and hagfishes belong to the class ______.

Agnatha

The ___ are mostly pelagic species in the shorebird group that feed by diving for fish

Alcids

The Old Growth forests of the Pacific Northwest have evolved in conjunction with ___

An orographic effect

The invention of ___ around 1870 had a major effect on land use patterns in Great Plains

Barbed Wire

_____ was a fungicide used widely in Florida in the 1980s and 90s

Benlate

The ___ is the basic form of photosynthesis

Calvin Cycle

Whooping Cranes originally nested only in ___

Canada

The ____ was used as an example of a habitat-specilized species.

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow

The African pygmy elephant appears to be morphologically similar to the ___ of South America

Capybara

The ___ monkeys of the Old World are arboreal foliovores

Colobus

Vast areas of the steppe in the old Soviet Union were plowed under to raise ___ and irrigated with water from the Aral Sea

Cotton

The theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics was advanced by _____.

Lamarck

Prehensile tails are typical of ___ monkeys

Larger New World

___ are birds of Taiga like habitats that feed almost exclusively on pine seeds and often have irruptive flights

Crossbills

___ are common passerine birds that occur worldwide except for South America

Crows

The ____ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida.

Cuban

Groove-billed Anis are related to the ___

Cuckoos

Game birds of the Taiga typically have ___ feathers are an adaptation for absorbing sunlight

Dark-colored

Crassulacean acid metabolism is type of photosynthesis seen in many ___ plants

Desert

Terns feed by ___

Diving from the air for fish

The _____ is the largest species of sea turtle.

Leatherback

The Dodos and Solitaires were native only to the ___

Mascarenes

The ____ was once called the Pigeon Hawk.

Merlin

Three wattled Bellbirds are indigenous to the ___

Neotropics

The species in the group platymhini are ___

New World monkeys

Thrushes are found worldwide except in ___

New Zealand

The Spadefoot toads are native to _____.

North America

Salamanders reach their highest diversity in _____.

Northern hemisphere

Old and New World monkeys differ especially in the structure of the ___

Nose

___ are Australian mammals that feed almost exclusively on termites

Numbats

The Varied Thrush is a species found in the most understory of ___

Old Growth

Shrew moles are a characteristic species of ___

Old Growth Forests

North American Gnatchers are in the family as the ___

Old World Warblers

The species in the group cataharrini are ___

Old World monkeys

North American Gnatcatchers are in the same family as the _______.

Old World warblers

Hornbills are found in ___

Old world tropics

Although extinct in the wild in the 1970's the Arabian Oryx has been re-introduced to the nation of ___

Oman

The wettest spot on Earth is in a tropical forest

On an island

In the eastern US there is ___ common species of Hummingbird

One

Darwin's theory requires that the ____.

Earth was very old

The ____ is highly specialized for a diet of apple snails.

Everglades kite

Zoogeographic regions are based on ___

Evolutionary History

The Nightjars and Tawny Frogmouth are members of the group known as the ___

Goatsuckera

The Nighthjars and Tawny Frogmouth are members of the group known as the ______.

Goatsuckers

The ___ is an example of a cold Desert

Gobi

Of the sea turtles only the ____ is chiefly herbivorous.

Green Sea Turtle

Badgers are a predator that preys on ___

Ground Squirrels

All chordate characteristics are seen throughout the lives of the individual.

False

All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters

False

As a group, sandpippers all have long legs and beaks

False

Because winters are so long in the Taiga there are very few biting insects in summer

False

Chloroplasts are found only in members of the Kingdome Plantae.

False

Desert Plants in Africa in the family Gramminaceae have converged with North American species of Cactaceae

False

Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii

False

Matorral is a sub-biome of Western Africa

False

Most woodpecker species have three toes

False

Mynas and Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but absent from Africa

False

Nuthatches and Creepers are members of the same family

False

Taiga occurs in South America as well as Canada and Russia

False

The Kinglets are a family found only in the Old World

False

The White-headed Woodpecker is a highly adapted species that lives only in Old Growth Forests of the Pacific Northwest

False

The main characteristic of deserts is high temperatures

False

All Plovers either lack or have a vestigial (=reduced)

Hallux

Northern mockingbirds were introduced successfully to _____.

Hawaiian Islands

American Bitterns are in the same group as the ___

Herons

American Bitterns are in the same group as the _____.

Herons

Roseate Spoonbills are in the same group as the ___

Herons

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

Hoatzin

A brushy tongue is characteristic of the ___

Honey-eaters

The Moloch is a lizard that bears a close resemblance to ___ in North America

Horned Lizards

The ___ monkeys of the New World are arboreal foliovores

Howler

A grey-tailed Mountain Gem is a species of ___

Hummingbird

The three-toes Woodpecker inhabits the ___ biome

Taiga

The Flinthills of Kansas support a vast native ___ prairie

Tallgrass

Seasonality is an important characteristic of the ___ biome

Temperate Forest

Acid Rain is a threat that has particularly affected ___ in North America

Temperate forests

The first hominids appeared at the end of the ___.

Tertiary

_____ was the first period of the Cenozoic.

Tertiary

A top predator in a food chain is a ______.

Tertiary consumer

The Northern Mockingbird is most closely related to the ___

Thrashers

The first dinosaurs appeared in the ____.

Triassic

The lower part of the atmosphere is called the ____.

Troposphere

Gulls as a group are all chiefly scavengers

True

Gulls as a group are all chiefly scavengers.

True

Hummingbirds are found only in the New World

True

Janet Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute wrote that in the year 2000, the US imported as much as $330 millions in logs

True

Many bird species that nest in the Temperate forest are considered Neotropical migrants

True

Professor Larry Harris who wrote a classic book entitled "The Fragmented Forest" was a professor at the University of Florida

True

Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today.

True

The main characteristic of deserts is low rainfall

True

The main tree in Old Growth forests of the Pacific Northwest is not the Giant Sequoia

True

The main trees in temperate forest of Australia are evergreens

True

There is a native species of crow found only in Hawaii

True

There is a native species of crow found only in Hawaii.

True

Loons have suffered declines on their breeding grounds due to ______.

acid rain

The ____ are mostly pelagic species in the shorebird group that feed by diving for fish.

alcids

_____ is a deadly poison produced by some mushrooms.

amanitin

Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen to ____.

amino acids

Stanley Miler was able to produce synthetic ___.

amino acids

Stanley Miller combined methane and ____ in water, in his experiment.

ammonia

In the Deutertosome line, the lastopore becomes the ______.

anus

The ecological niche of a species may be based on _____.

any of these

The less evolutionarily advanced salamanders are mostly ______.

aquatic

In development of animals the _____ is the primary body cavity.

archenteron

Birds descended from the subclass ______ of fossil reptiles.

archosauria

Plants take up inorganic nitrates and convert them to organic compounds in a process known as ____.

assimilation

Currawongs are native to ______.

australia

Horned Larks are not native to _______.

australia

Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____.

australia

The crested pigeon is native to

australia

The new holland honey-eater is native to

australia

The tawny frogmouth is a common bird in _____.

australia

Pasteur bent the slender necks of glass flasks to prevent _____ from reaching sterile water.

bacteria

Rhizobium is an example of a ____ that plays a role in nitrogen fixation.

bacteria

Ecological pyramids illustrate the amount of ___ at various trophic levels.

biomass

The bobolink is related to the _______.

blackbirds

The archenteron forms from the _____.

blastocoel

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

burmese

Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for ______.

burrowing

The ____ are board winged soaring species

buteos

Whooping cranes originally nested only in _____.

canada

Paclitaxel is used as an anti-______ agent.

cancer

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

carapace

Photosynthesis is essentially _____.

carbon fixation

The ____ are a species of deer in which both males and females have antlers.

caribou

Oparin did experiments in ____.

chemical evolution

Titmice are in the same family as the _______

chickadees

Fungi are characterized by having cells with a cell wall made of ______.

chitin

Pigment molecules are found in the ___.

chloroplasts

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

chromatophores

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

cnemidophorous

Male Sage Grouse have ____ as a sexually selected trait.

colored air sacs

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

common goldeneye

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

continental drift

______ are common passerine birds that occur worldwide except for South America.

crows

Groove-billed Anis are related to the _____.

cuckoos

Bacteria chiefly play an important role in ____ in ecosystems.

decomposition

Hemichordates are _____.

deuterostomes

echinodermata is a phylum of

deuterostomes

Diving Ducks, and Dabbling Ducks tend to be plumage _____.

dichromatic

____ are Protists involved in forming Red tides.

dinoflagellates

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

dive from the air for food

In England _____ is another name for Loons.

divers

Terns feed by _____.

diving from the air for fish

_____ is the embryonic tissue layer that lines the embryonic gut.

endoderm

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

false

All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters.

false

American Crocodiles are widespread and abundant in Florida.

false

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

false

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

false

As a group, sandpipers all have very long legs and beaks.

false

Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii.

false

Most woodpecker species have three toes.

false

Mynas and Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but absent from africa.

false

Nuthatches and Creepers are members of the same family

false

Temperate species may tend to be more ecologically specialized than their tropical counterparts.

false

The conversion of N2 to NH3 is exergonic

false

The elephant bird was native to New Guinea.

false

The kinglets are a family found only in the old world

false

There are no native species of chameleons in Madagascar.

false

Pelagic birds like the Tubenoses live ______.

far out at sea

Redi's experiment involved denying ____ access to decaying meat.

files

The yellow-bellied siskin is a type of

finch

Herons and Egrets feed chiefly on ______.

fish

Ratite birds are characterized by having a _____.

flat sternum

The Platyhelminthes are the _______.

flatworms

Redi's experiment involved denying ___ access to decaying meat.

flies

____ were the organisms that formed the White Cliffs of Dover.

foraminiferans

____ is the developmental stage during which the embryonic genes turn on.

gastrula

According to Lewis Wolpert _____ is the most important event in a person's life.

gastrulation

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

geckos

Darwin used evidence from ____ to image the concept of Centers of Origin.

giant armadillo fossils

The _____ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.

green iguana

Of the sea turtles only the ____ is chiefly herbivorous.

green sea turtle

Darwin argued that those individuals that ____ were naturally selected.

had more offspring

All plovers either lack or have vestigal (=reduced) ________.

hallux

Structures in different species such as the wings of insects and bats, are said to be analogous as they ____.

have different embryological origins

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

heat detecting pit

Roseate Spoonbills are in the same group as the ______.

herons

A brushy tongue is characteristic of the ______.

honey eaters

The upper bone in the forelimbs of all tetrapods is called the _____.

humerus

A grey-tailed Mountain Gem is a species of

hummingbird

In the mid-nineteenth century people mostly believed that species were ______.

immutable

Darwin's theory of natural selection assumes that _____.

individuals vary

Smaller lizards are mostly adapted for feeding on _____.

insects

Diving Ducks mostly feed on _______.

invertebrates

Kookaburras are related to the _______.

kingfishers

The Hoopoe is a European and African species in the same group as the

kingfishers

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

komodo dragon

Darwin observed that there were no ____ on oceanic islands.

large herbivorous mammals

The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by _____.

larger prokaryotic cells

Rhizobium is found in nodules in association with _____ plants.

legume

In various species of grouse, the males come to a common site called a(n) ____ and there they attempt to attract mates by inflating sir sacs and chasing other males

lek

Pythons differ from boas in that boas are _____.

live-bearers

Grebes are loon-like birds with ______ feet.

lobed

______ are an example of a dabbling duck.

mallards

The so-called Dust Bowl of the early twentieth century was the result of ___

Poor Farming practices

The ___ are passerine species that are similar to swifts

Swallows

___ are species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the water

Skimmers

Of the following only the ___ are true arboreal foliovores

Sloths

___ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra

Snow Geese

The so-called Fynbos occurs in ___

South Africa

Historically, grasslands in ___ have the fewest species of large grazing herbivores

South America

Marmosets and Tamarins occur in ___

South America

Most tanagers are found in ___

South America

Notofagus is a common tree genus in temperate forests of ___

South America

The Hoatzin is a species native to ______.

South America

The Maned Wolf is a predator of grasslands in ___

South America

Sonoma and Red Tree voles live only ___

South of the Columbia River

___ are tiny pores in the leave of vascular plants

Stomata

Darwin found fossils of _____ at high elevations in the Andes, suggesting that the Earth had changed over time.

marine invertebrates

The Dodos and Solitaires were native only to the ______.

mascarenes

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

mediterranean

_____ is a highly toxic form of mercury that is formed by the action of bacteria

methyl

_____ wrote a fascinating book called The Island Waterfowl

milton weller

Bacteria-like DNA is found in the ___ of eukaryotes.

mitochondria

Toxic modes of chemicals often affect the ____ in cells.

mitochondria

__ are the site for aerobic respiration in eukaryotes.

mitochondria

The main food of Limpkins is ______.

mollusks

______ lizards feed on eggs, small mammals and birds.

monitor

Swans and geese tend to be plumage _____.

monochromatic

According to the theory of natural selection ____.

more individuals of a species are born than can survive.

The _____ plover nests far inland on grasslands.

mountain

In the Protosome line, the blastopore becomes the _____.

mouth

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

muscovy

The symbiotic relationship between plant and Rhizobium is ___ in nature.

mutualisitc

The endosymbiosis theory argues that a ____ relationship was established between two cells.

mutualistic

members of the heron and egret group are characterized by having ______.

naked lores

A pseudocoelom is typical of the ______.

nematodes

Three-wattled bellbirds are indigenous to the _____.

neotropics

Thrushes are found woldwide except in _____.

new zealand

The conversion of ammonium ions to nitrates is called _____.

nitrification

bacteria play an especially important role in the cycle

nitrogen

According to the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics individuals transformed following _____.

perceived environmental stress

Water moves through soil to the groundwater by the process of ____.

percolation

Female _____ are brightly colored while the males have a duller plumage.

phalaropes

The _____ are shorebirds that feed by spinning around in the water to stir up food items.

phalaropes

Dodos were in the same group as the _______.

pigeons

The Tree Lizards inhabit _____.

pinyon-juniper woodland

digitalin is a compound produced by a certain

plant

______ is an example of a sexually selected trait in passerine birds.

plumage dichromatism

Erectile feathers on the head are a sexually selected trait in _____.

prairie chickens

A rabbit is an example of a ______.

primary consumer

In a food web animals are never _____.

primary producers

Snake venom is made of _____.

proteins

DNA in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells is complexed with ____.

proteins.

Chagas disease is caused by a(n) _______.

protist

Malaria is caused by a _____.

protist

rotifers are characterized by having a

pseudocoelom

deuterostomes have ______ cleavage

radial

Limpkins are in the same group as the ______.

rails

Numerous species of flightless ____ evolved on oceanic islands.

rails

Redpolls are in the same group as the ________.

red-crested cardinal

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

red-eared turtles

a true coelom is not seen in

round worms

The ____ are an example of a diving duck.

scaup

Of the following the ___ is not a tetrapod.

sea lamprey

Garter Snakes are ___ type foragers.

seize and swallow

The mexican parrot snake is a ____ type forager.

seize and swallow

Protenoid spheres could have evolved via

self assembly

An endemic family of frogs exists on the ____ islands.

seychelles

Dabbling Ducks characteristically feed in ______.

shallow water

Ratfishes belong to the same vertebrate class at the _____.

sharks

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

shell

Jaegers and Skuas feed on mammals and birds and are actually closely related to _____.

shorebirds

The ___ is the period of the first vascular plants.

silurian

_____ are species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the water.

skimmers

Most tanagers are found in __________.

south america

Protosomes have ____ cleavage.

spiral

The Northern Mockingbird is most closely related to the ________.

thrashers

There are ____ embryonic tissue layers in evolutionarily more advanced animals.

three

Species in the Pelican- Cormorant (Pelecaniformes) group have ____ feet.

totipalmate

plants take up water from soil and move it to the atmosphere

transpiration

The Whistling Ducks were once called ____ ducks.

tree

A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida.

true

All turtles are egg layers.

true

Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes.

true

Cells in the morula migrate and arrange themselves to form a hollow ball of cells.

true

Collecting bird nests and eggs was once a pastime among the wealthy

true

Cone-nosed toads are adapted for burrowing.

true

Darwin based his theory partly on observations of farm animals.

true

Hummingbirds are found only in the new world.

true

In Florida, Alligators are hunted recreationally.

true

Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality.

true

Some nitrogen is fixed by the action of lightning.

true

The American Crocodile is still found on various islands in the caribbean.

true

The tropics may harbor more species with narrower niches than temperate species.

true

Through the evolutionary process, species may become increasingly adapted for narrower environmental conditions and this can make them more rare.

true

multicellularity might have evolved by incomplete cell division.

true

only species of vertebrates have

true bone

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

turkey vulture

A zygote has _____ set(s) of chromosomes.

two

There is(are) _____ types of secondary body cavity seen in the animalia.

two

The _____ family is the largest family that is found just in the New World.

tyrannidae

In the forelimb of tetrapods, the radius is always paired with the _____.

ulna

Carbon is stored mostly as fossil fuels, CO2 and in ____.

vegetation

The ______ is a chickadee like species indigenous to the southwest and mexico, that belongs to a distinct family.

verdin

Wood storks and ____ both have un-feathered heads.

vultures

Denitrification occurs only ____.

when O2 is not available.

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

whiptails

Owls have feet that are oriented like those of the ______.

woodpeckers

Toucanets are related to ______.

woodpeckers

Woodpeckers have ____ feet, where two toes point forward and one or two point backward.

zygodactyl

At fertilization a single cell called a _____ is formed.

zygote

The largest salamander is native to ______.

Japan

In the American Southwest as many as _____ Hummingbird species are known to occur.

17

Of the following ____ is the greenhouse gas most affected by human activities.

CO2

The ___ are desert adapted rodents that live mostly in Africa

Jerboas

Kookaburras are related to the ___

Kingfishers

The Hoopoe is a European and African species in the same group as the ___

Kingfishers

___ are arboreal foliovores of the Australia temperate forests

Koalas

Some ammonia is mineralized as ______.

NH4+

Denitrification is the conversion of the ____ to N2.

NO2

Members of the Heron and Egret group are characterized by having ___

Naked Lores

A cere is a characteristic of the ___

Parrots

Tetrahymera is a genus in the Kingdom ____, often used in toxicology studies.

Protista

Albatrosses are grouped with the _______.

Shearwaters

Petrels are related to ______.

Shearwaters

The ___ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns

Shrikes

The _____ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns.

Shrikes

The top predator in Siberian Taiga is the ___

Siberian Tiger

The __ is the period of the first vascular plants.

Silurian

The desert iguana is indigenous to

the american southwest

___ species of conifers grow to heights in excess of 200 feet in the Old Growth forests

10

Australia currently supports a wild population of one-humped camels that numbers around ___

100,000

Harris reported that about ___% of the vertebrates of Old Growth forests were reptiles and amphibians

12

There are roughly _____ species of caecilians.

165

In the American Southwest as many as ___ Hummingbird species are known to occur

17

Many ecologists argue that ecological efficiencies are about ___%.

10

There are ___ native species of crows and jays in New Zealand

0

There are _____ native species of crow and jays in New Zealand.

0

The giant salamander is _____ in length.

1.6 meters

Mymecophagous mammals are those that eat chiefly ___

Ants and termites

The modern oder of Squamata likely descended from the fossil reptile group ____.

Archosauria

Several captively bred California Condors have been released in ______.

Arizona

The Great Sandy Deserts is in ___

Austalia

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

Australia

Bower Birds are found in ___

Australia

Currawongs are native to ___

Australia

Galahs are native to ___

Australia

Galahs are native to _____.

Australia

Horned Larks are not native to ___

Australia

Shrikes are found worldwide except for ___

Australia

The New Holland Honey-eater is native to ___

Australia

The Tawny Frogmouth is a common bird in ___

Australia

The crested pigeon is native to ___

Australia

The so-called Thorny Devil is a lizard indigenous to ___

Australia

_____ is another name for primary producers.

Autotroph

The Bobolink is related to the ___

Blackbirds

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

Burrowing Owls

___ are extensions on the trunk of some tropical trees that supports them in shallow soils

Buttresses

The ___ era is broken down into Epochs.

Cenozoic

The ____ era is broken down in Epochs.

Cenozoic

Ecological pyramids were the brain child of ___.

Charles Elton

Titmoce are in the same family as the ___

Chickadees

A dorsal hollow nerve cord is a characteristic of just the _____.

Chordates

Pharyngeal gill slits are a characteristic of just the _____.

Chordates

___ are sea ducks of the high arctic that are adapted for diving and feeding on invertebrates

Eiders

Biome are basically a product of latitude and ___

Elevation

New World and Old World Monkeys have been isolated since the ___ epoch

Eocene

___ write a book on communities of lizards in deserts around the world

Eric Pianka

The Yellow-bellied Siskin is a type of ___

Finch

Herons and Egrets feed chiefly on ___

Fish

The ___ is a weasel like Taiga animal that feeds on porcupines

Fisher

___ is an example of a tall grass species

Gamma grass

Janet Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute wrote that in the 50 years upto 2002, ___ had lost about 40% of its forest cover

Indonesian

Temperate forests do not have very high diversity of ___ species

Lizard

Goannas were gigantic ___ the once roamed Australia

Lizards

Native birds in Hawaii were infected with ____ transmitted by mosquitoes.

Malaria

Switch grass is typical of ___ prairie

Midgrass

The main food of Limpkins is ___

Mollusks

____ is the Kingdom of species with prokaryotic cells.

Monera

The ___ Plover nests far inland on grasslands

Mountain

The ___ are thought to represent the world's most primitive living rodent

Mountain Beaver

Most of the gaseous nitrogen in the atmosphere exists in the form of ____.

N2

Ammonia is a gas and has the chemical formula ____.

NH3

The conversion of amino acids back to ____ is called ammonification.

NH3

The bony fish evolved in the _____ period of the Paleozoic.

Ordovician

The first fungi evolved in the _____.

Ordovician

The so-called climax vegetation refers to the ___ in an area

Original vegetation

Class ____ has the greatest number of vertebrate species.

Osteichthyes

The _____ tree apparently produces paclitaxel.

Pacific Yew

As an adaptation to reflect sunlight, the Arabian Oryx has ___

Pale fur

Plants invaded during the ______.

Paleozoic

Seeds evolved during the _____.

Paleozoic

The first vascular plants evolved in the _____.

Paleozoic

Galahs are a species of ___

Parrot

Conifers evolved in the

Permian

Female ___ are brightly colored while the males have a duller plumage

Phalaropes

The ___ are shorebirds that feed by spinning around in the water to stir up food items

Phalaropes

Dodos were in the same group as the ___

Pigeons

African Sleeping Sickness is caused by a _____

Protist

Prokaryortic cells contain _____.

RNA

Darwin noted that there was no native ____ in Australian grasslands.

Rabbits

Limpkins are in the same group as the ___

Rails

Numerous species of flightless ___ evolved on oceanic islands

Rails

Redpolls are in the same groups as the ___

Red-crested Cardinal

Jaegars and Skaus feed on mammals and birds and are actually closely related to ___

Shorebirds

___ are insectivorous mammals with very high metabolic rates that are found in Eastern Deciduous Forest of North America

Shrews

Scientist at the ___ reported that Woodcock were declining due to forest maturation throughout the Easter Deciduous Forest

Ruffed Grouse Society

The ___ appears to be a species that is declining due to protection of forests from succession

Rufous side Towhee

The ___ are birds of Old World deserts that fly long distances to soak up water in their belly feathers to transport to their young

Sand Grouse

___ are the main prey of Polar Bears

Seals

___ is a process that occurs in a temperate forest following a fire or some other form of natural deforestation

Secondary succession

As an example of convergent Ichthyosaurs resemble

Sharks

The ___ family is the largest family that is found just in the New World

Tyrannidae

The ___ is a chickadee like species indigenous to the southwest and Mexico, that belongs to a distinct family

Verdin

The ___ are sluggish insect gleaning foragers

Vireos

The _____ are sluggish insect gleaning foragers.

Vireos

Wood Storks and ___ both have un-feathered heads

Vultures

Desert scrub and thorn forest are two sub-biomes you would encounter in ___

Western Mexico

According to Darwin's theory a bat's wing is homologous with a _____.

penguin's flipper

Northern Spotted Owls feed chiefly on ___

Wood rats

Owls have feet that are oriented like those of the ___

Woodpecker

Toucanets are related to ___

Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers have ___ feet, where two toes point forward and one or two point backward

Zygodactyl

In the eastern US there is ______ common species of Hummingbird.

one

Of the ratites only the ____ has just two toes.

ostrich

The ______ were African ratites introduced to Australia.

ostriches

Galahs are a species of _____.

parrot

A cere is a characteristic of the _____.

parrots

The development of young from unfertilized eggs is called ______.

parthenogenesis

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

passeriformes

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

pelicans

choanocytes are characteristic of

sponges

intracellular digestion is a characteristic of

sponges

Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by the process of ____.

spontaneous generation

Pasteur did an experiment to show that there was no ___.

spontaneous generation

In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ___ and H2O.

sugars

The _____ are passerine species that are similar to swifts

swallows

It is now well known that ____ places have fewer species.

temperate zone