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NC Wild life - Dan Nsenda
NC Wild life - Dan Nsenda
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What are the five components of habitat?
Rocks, sand, fences, sunlight, and fog
Food, water, shelter, space, and arrangement.
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Why is prescribed burning used?
To remove invasive plants and promote new growth.
To make forests more dangerous
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How can we prevent animal damage?
Fencing, repellents, or habitat change.
playing music in the field
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Name a career in wildlife biology.
Game show host
Wildlife biologist.
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What’s a positive human impact on wildlife?
Habitat restoration
Building more houses in the forest
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What is emigration?
Animals leaving an area.
Animals staying the stay place
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What is poaching?
Feeding animals treats
Illegal hunting or capturing of wildlife
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What is succession in ecology?
A sudden natural disaster
Natural changes in plant and animal communities over time.
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What is the main goal of wildlife habitat management?
To maintain or improve habitats for wildlife.
To relocate all animals to zoos
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What is an indicator of overpopulation?
Animals becoming smarter over time
: Food shortages or poor animal health
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What do wildlife corridors help with?
A place where animals compete
Movement of animals between habitats.
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What does population density refer to?
The number of plants in a region
Number of animals per unit area.
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Why is biodiversity important?
It makes nature boring and lame and stuff
It supports ecosystem balance and resilience
Can i get a 100%? :D
:DDD
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What is carrying capacity?
The number of predators in an area
A: The number of animals a habitat can support.
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What is stakeholder involvement?
Including the public in wildlife decisions
Hiring actors to pretend
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What is immigration in wildlife?
Animals leaving an area
Animals entering an area.
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Give an example of wildlife conflict.
birds singing too loudly
Deer damaging crops.
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What’s the difference between natality and mortality?
Natality = birth rate; Mortality = death rate.
They are the same thing
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Define limiting factors.
Elements that restrict population growth.
: Predators chasing prey
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Name one endangered species in North Carolina.
Red Wolf
Black bear
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What’s one method of managing overpopulated species?
Regulated hunting.
ignoring the animals
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What is the Endangered Species Act?
A suggestion not a law
A law to protect species from extinction
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Name a tool used to estimate wildlife populations.
Mark-recapture method.
Looking for animal tracks in snow
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Why is education important in wildlife management?
it makes wildlife afraid of humans
Informs people and reduces conflict
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What does a forester manage?
Builds roads in the forest
Forested land for resources and health.
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What is wildlife conflict?
Problems caused when wildlife and humans interact.
Animals asking for food nicely
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Name a skill needed for natural resource careers.
Observation or data collection.
Typing skills and sales
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What does a conservation officer do?
Manages restaurants in parks
Enforces wildlife laws and protects natural resources.
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What’s one responsibility of park rangers?
catching fish for fun
Educating the public on conservation.
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What is edge effect?
When two different habitats meet, often increasing biodiversity.
When animals fight each other
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What is relocation?
Moving animals from one place to another
training animals for TV
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What education is needed for most wildlife careers?
Only a high school diploma
Bachelor’s degree in biology or environmental science.
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Why are wildlife careers important?
They help control the weather
They help manage and protect ecosystems.
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What is an invasive species?
any cute animal
A non-native species that causes harm.
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What does DNR stand for?
"Department of Natural Resources"
"Do Not return"
