Wildlife Biology is an interdisciplinary course that explores the biology, ecology, and conservation of wild animals and their habitats. Students will study the fundamentals of animal physiology, behavior, population dynamics, and the relationships between species and their environments. The course emphasizes fieldwork techniques, research methods, and data analysis used to assess wildlife populations and biodiversity. It also addresses current challenges in wildlife management, conservation policies, and the impact of human activities on natural ecosystems, preparing students for careers in environmental science, conservation, and resource management.
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Animal Diversity 7th Edition by Cleveland P Hickman
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Chapter 1: Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal
Diversity
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Q1) Random changes in gene frequency that occur in small populations comprise the concept of ______________.
Answer: genetic drift
Q2) An explanation for gaps in the fossil record stating that evolutionary change is concentrated in episodic events of branching speciation is called ______________.
Answer: punctuated equilibrium
Q3) All of the alleles of all genes possessed by members of a population collectively form the ___________.
Answer: gene pool
Q4) The evolution of ecologically diverse species from a common ancestral stock is called _________________.
Answer: adaptive radiation
Q5) The possible use of appendages as sails in aquatic insects that may have incidentally evolved into wings supports an evolutionary position.
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A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Animal Ecology
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Q1) A study of both the living community and all of the physical factors such as sunlight,soil types,etc.would focus on a more complex level,the ecosystem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A series of steps in which plants are eaten by consumers,which are themselves eaten by other consumers,is called a ____________.
Answer: food chain
Q3) At each level of the food chain
A)there is approximately a tenfold gain of energy.
B)there is approximately a tenfold loss of energy.
C)there is approximately a twofold gain of energy.
D)there is approximately a twofold loss of energy.
Answer: A
Q4) There can usually be no more that 4 or 5 trophic levels in a food chain because there is such a great loss of __________ between trophic levels.
Answer: energy
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Chapter 3: Animal Architecture
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Q1) The two major fluid compartments of the animal body are
A)the intracellular space and the interstitial space.
B)the extracellular space and the interstitial space.
C)the extracellular space and the intracellular space.
D)the extracellular space and the intercellular space.
Answer: C
Q2) The simplest animals are at the cellular grade of organization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Stratified squamous epithelium consists of two or more layers of cells and is found only in vertebrates.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The study of tissues is called ____________.
Answer: histology
Q5) The tissue type composed of fibers and fixed and wandering cells suspended in a fluid matrix is __________________.
Answer: loose connective tissue
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Chapter 4: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals
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Q1) Which of the following terms is not relevant to cladistic systematics?
A)synapomorphy
B)monophyly
C)adaptive zone
D)cladogram
Q2) The man who developed the present system of classification was
A)Aristotle.
B)Ray.
C)Linnaeus.
D)Darwin.
Q3) The major difference between evolutionary taxonomy and cladistic taxonomy is that the former accepts polyphyletic groups whereas the latter rejects them.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ancestral/derived relationships among the different states of a taxonomic character are known as its ________.
Q5) The statement "mammals evolved from reptiles" implies _______________ groupings in our current state of taxonomy.
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Chapter 5: Unicellular Eukaryotes
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Q1) Malaria is transmitted by __________,which inject (name the stage)_____________ when they bite.
Q2) The protozoan Trypanosoma causes human A)malariA.
B)amebic dysentery.
C)African sleeping sickness.
D)birth defects.
Q3) A complex life cycle including merozoites and sporozoites is found in the parasitic apicomplexans.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reproduction in most unicellular eukaryotes is primarily by A)conjugation.
B)asexual reproduction.
C)fusion of gametes.
D)parthenogenesis.
Q5) ______________ are dormant forms of unicellular eukaryotes that have resistant external coverings.
Q6) The movement of cilia and flagella is based on the energy in the molecule
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Chapter 6: Sponges: Phylum Porifera
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Q1) Internal buds of some species of freshwater sponges that can withstand adverse conditions are _____________________.
Q2) The simplest body plan of sponges is _____________,and the plan characterized by flagellated canals is _______________.
Q3) Cells that can differentiate into any other type of cell in sponges are the ________________.
Q4) Lophocytes are ameboid cells that can differentiate into all other cell types. A)True B)False
Q5) Members of the class _____________ are named glass sponges,found in deep sea areas.
Q6) Recent research indicates that the sponges and the eumetazoans are ________________ groups.
Q7) Thin,epithelial-type cells covering the outer surface of sponges are the _______________.
Q8) The flagellated cells embedded in the mesoglea of a sponge are called ______________.
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Q9) The minute,needle-like structures that act as a skeletal support system in sponges are called _____________.
Chapter 7: Cnidarians and Ctenophores
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Q1) The function of rhopalia is
A)digestive.
B)respiratory.
C)food capture.
D)sensory.
Q2) Nematocysts are found in some cells lining the gastrovascular cavity of scyphozoans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The class of cnidarians with the most conspicuous medusa stage is A)HydrozoA.
B)Scyphozoa.
C)Anthozoa.
D)Ctenophora.
Q4) Radial symmetry benefits animals that actively move in certain directions because they approach their environment from all sides equally.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The tall secretory cells around the pedal disc and mouth of Hydra are the ___________ cells.
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Chapter 8: Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa:
Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans
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Q1) The holdfast of a tapeworm is its ______________.
Q2) The posterior attachment organ of monogeneans is the ________________.
Q3) Asexually reproducing stages of digeneans in their snail hosts are the _______________ and ___________________.
Q4) Free-living flatworms have A)ocelli.
B)tactile cells.
C)chemoreceptors.
D)all of these
Q5) Most monogeneans are external parasites of ______________.
Q6) The term tegument is most appropriate for reference to the living outer layer of flatworms.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Flatworms and cnidarians may have evolved from a common planuloid ancestor.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Because of their body shape and metabolic requirements,early flatworms must have been well predisposed toward _______________. Page 10
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Chapter 9: Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea
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Q1) Phoronids have a ____________ with two parallel ridges curved in a horseshoe shape.
Q2) Because of the shape of their shells,the brachiopods are commonly known as _____________.
Q3) The ribbon worms differ from the flatworms in having A)an incomplete digestive tract.
B)protonephridia.
C)a true circulatory system.
D)a nervous system.
Q4) A proposed new phylum,________________ includes animals found on the mouthparts of lobsters.
Q5) Some modern brachiopods have existed virtually unchanged for over 400 million years.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The valves of brachiopods are
A)secreted by the mantle.
B)both dorsal and ventral.
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C)hinged in some with a tooth-and-socket arrangement.
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Chapter 10: Molluscs
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Q1) The Polyplacophora
A)have a coiled shell.
B)live in the ocean.
C)lack gills.
D)all of these
Q2) Members of the class Monoplacophora were believed extinct until some living specimens were found off the coast of Costa Rica in 1952.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Molluscs evolved in fresh water,and therefore the majority of species are found in fresh water.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most primitive conditions in today's molluscs are found in the ____________ with a mantle,calcareous spicules,a radula,and gills.
Q5) The shell of Polyplacophora is divided into (#)_________ valves.
Q6) Though they evolved from a torted ancestor,opisthobranchs have undergone various degrees of _________________.
Q7) The ______________ is the outer layer of a typical mollusc shell.
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Chapter 11: Annelids and Allied Taxa
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Q1) Leeches are found predominantly in freshwater habitats,but some are marine and a few are terrestrial.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Annelids grow by producing new segments at the anterior end.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sipunculids
A)are marine dwellers.
B)live in burrows.
C)have a trochophore larva.
D)all of these
Q4) Clam worms and fanworms are members of the class Errantia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Earthworms possess paired fleshy appendages called parapodia.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The leeches are unique in that they have both an anterior and a posterior
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Chapter 12: Smaller Ecdysozoans
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Q1) Juvenile trichina worms live in the A)skeletal muscle.
B)intestine.
C)lungs.
D)liver.
Q2) Filarial worms (Wuchereria and Brugia)are transmitted by _____________.
Q3) The Onychophora and Tardigrada share some arthropod-like characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Kinorhyncha are tiny marine worms. A)True
B)False
Q5) Many of the parasitic nematodes gain energy via ___________________ metabolism.
Q6) Elephantiasis is caused by filarial worms that live in the A)muscles.
B)lymphatic system.
C)intestine.
D)lungs.
Q7) Heavy infections of hookworms in human adults cause _____________.
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Chapter 13: Arthropods
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Q1) _____________ is a condition in which parasitic insects are themselves parasitized by other insects.
A)Social parasitism
B)Mutualism
C)Hyperparasitism
D)Commensalism
Q2) Some mites,such as the ______________,are very destructive to plants.
Q3) Spiders have two compound eyes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A tough,resistant,nitrogenous polysaccharide in the cuticle of arthropods is ______________.
Q5) Chilopoda (centipedes)
A)are herbivorous.
B)have poison claws.
C)have five pairs of legs.
D)live in fresh water.
Q6) _____________ is currently the most common arthropod-borne disease in the United States.
Q7) Flies and mosquitoes belong to order _____________.
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Chapter 14: Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates
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Q1) Of the two classes of Hemichordata,a crown of tentacles is borne by members of the class ___________________.
Q2) Characteristics of the hemichordates that are shared with the chordates are the ____________ and ______________.
Q3) On the inner end of each tube foot is a muscular sac called an ______________.
Q4) The ancestor of the echinoderms had __________ symmetry.
Q5) Of the echinoderms,regeneration and autotomy are most pronounced in the A)ophiuroids.
B)asteroids.
C)holothuroids.
D)echinoids.
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Q6) Acornworms
A)are usually found in deep water zones.
B)do not have hearts but do have blood vessels.
C)have gill pores and gill slits.
D)all of the above
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Q7) Sea cucumbers have an elongated body,and they typically lie on one side.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Vertebrate Beginnings: the Chordates
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Q1) Our knowledge of the fossil invertebrate chordates is quite limited because A)they were very rare.
B)they were soft-bodied.
C)fossils from that period were obliterated by volcanism.
D)they were only freshwater.
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Q2) The urochordates are
A)called tunicates.
B)marine animals.
C)sessile as adults,but tadpole-like as larvae.
D)all of these
Q3) The perforated pharynx of chordates had an ancestral function for A)support.
B)respiration.
C)filter-feeding.
D)all of the above
Q4) In vertebrates,pharyngeal gill slits are formed by inpocketing of ectoderm and outpocketing of the endoderm.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Fishes
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Q1) The earliest fishlike vertebrates were a paraphyletic assemblage of agnathans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Swimming is metabolically less expensive as a mode of locomotion than flying or walking.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The gills of bony fishes are covered with a movable flap called the _________.
Q4) The lateral line of a shark is used for
A)detecting and locating objects and moving animals in the water.
B)the excretion of urea and water.
C)circulation.
D)mucus secretion during mating behavior.
Q5) The lobe-finned fishes consist of the extinct _____________ and the extant coelacanths.
Q6) The control of the lamprey has been accomplished around the Great Lakes by A)heavy fishing of lampreys.
B)the disruption of migration routes.
C)chemicals added to spawning streams.
D)adding sterilized females to the population.
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Chapter 17: The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians
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Q1) A characteristic of amphibians is
A)a mostly bony skeleton.
B)usually four limbs present.
C)a smooth,moist skin with many glands.
D)all of these
Q2) The Anura differ from the Caudata in that the Anura
A)lack a tail in the adult stage.
B)have hind legs adapted for jumping.
C)have a tadpole larval stage.
D)all of these
Q3) Most amphibians remain dependent on their aquatic environment because of their method of reproduction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some frogs tolerate ill effects of freezing by accumulation of glucose and glycerol in the body fluids.
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B)False
Q5) Amphibians typically have webbed feet,but lack _____________ on their toes.
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Chapter 18: Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles
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Q1) The shelled egg of a reptile is referred to as an _________.
Q2) Lizards possess ______________,which is absent in snakes,but is probably not of great importance to lizards.
A)a tongue
B)a Jacobson's organ
C)a glandular epithelium
D)an external ear
Q3) Pit vipers
A)have excellent vision.
B)kill their prey by constriction.
C)are ovoviviparous.
D)have tongues that are poisonous.
Q4) The anapsids are a taxon of African rear-fanged snakes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The amniotes are a monophyletic group.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The Squamata is divided into three subgroups: the snakes,the Amphisbaenia and the ____________.
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Chapter 19: Birds
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Q1) Domesticated fowl aside,the starlings and the _____________ have become the two most abundant bird species on Earth,due to introduction to various countries.
Q2) The _______________ of the bird receives products from the digestive,urinary,and reproductive systems.
Q3) The most common type of mating system in birds is monogamy,in which the male mates with only one female during the mating season.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The bird feather consists of barbs with barbules that bear tiny hooks that interlock. A)True B)False
Q5) The movement of air over the upper curved surface of the wing causes A)lift.
B)drag. C)stalling. D)drift.
Q6) Flying birds with keeled sternums are known as ___________.
Q7) The large breast muscle that depresses the wing during flight is the _________.
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Chapter 20: Mammals
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Q1) The second palate of mammals is important as it facilitated
A)efficiency in locomotion.
B)faster digestion.
C)efficient nursing.
D)endothermy.
Q2) The calls of echolocation bats are "frequency modulated," meaning that
A)each pulse repeatedly rises and falls in frequency.
B)the rate of pulse production declines as the bat nears the object.
C)the frequency of the pulse is high at the beginning and drops toward the end.
D)the transmission-to-reception time increases as the bat nears an object.
Q3) The glands that produce an oily substance and are typically associated with hair follicles are the
A)apocrine.
B)eccrine glands.
C)sebaceous glands.
D)scent glands.
Q4) In mammals the muscular structure which separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities is the ___________________.
Q5) Typically,mammals have two sets of teeth,a kind of dentition called
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