WHEP: Concepts and Terms Review

Question 1

What term represents the physical and biological resources required by a particular wildlife species for survival?

Accepted Answer

Habitat

Question 2

Identify the species.

Accepted Answer

Wild Turkey

Question 3

When a nonnative species begins to outcompete native species, causing their populations to decline they are ___________.

Accepted Answer

Invasive

Question 4

How the different layers of vegetation are arranged in relation to each other is known as there ___________ ___________.

Accepted Answer

Vertical Structure

Question 5

___________________ is the disruption of vegetation types either by man or by natural processes.

Accepted Answer

Fragmentation

Question 6

Identify the species.

Accepted Answer

Channel Catfish

Question 7

What are areas that do not restrict movement and allow various wildlife species to move from areas within their habitat?

Accepted Answer

Corridors

Question 8

An obvious example of this is where a field meets a forest.

Accepted Answer

Edge

Question 9

A _______ is a group of individuals that can interbreed and produce viable offspring like these Loggerhead Shrikes.

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Species

Question 10

Identify the species.

Accepted Answer

Bluegill

Question 11

Identify the species.

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Barred Owl

Question 12

Annual mortality is the rate at which animals, like this mourning dove, _____ per year.

Accepted Answer

die

Question 13

The ________ is a large area that composes interacting ecosystems.

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Landscape

Question 14

This concept is related to the number of animals that can exist in an area.

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Carrying Capacity

Question 15

These are largemouth bass and bluegills. What term refers to the total number of different species present in an area?

Accepted Answer

Species Richness

Question 16

What is the orderly and fairly predictable change in the species of plants that occur in a particular area over time?

Accepted Answer

Plant Succession

Question 17

Identify the species.

Accepted Answer

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Question 18

What involves a change in plant species composition over time?

Accepted Answer

Plant Succession

Question 19

The indigo snake is an __________ species, requiring large, unfragmented areas to meet all of its habitat needs.

Accepted Answer

Area-sensitive

Question 20

A _____________ is made when an animal moves from one seasonal home range to another, like these wood ducks.

Accepted Answer

Migration

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