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
